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Hichilema wants Lungu's body for ritual purposes?
In a dramatic escalation of posthumous tensions, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's government has filed an urgent court application seeking to block the burial of former President Edgar Lungu in ...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster instructed to draw blood from pupils for ritual purposes
A dramatic dispute between Compassion Junior School owner Pastor Asmeri Jeffreys and her former headmaster, Pastor David Garudzo, has spilled into the Epworth Magistrates' Court, sparking sensational ...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Widower cleared of causing wife's death
Hilary Chisuko, a man from Nyanga, has strongly denied accusations by his late wife's family that he was responsible for her death in a car accident last April. Chisuko, who himself was critically inj...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:10hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Businessman arrested in ritual killing saga
A businessman from Muzarabani, Josiah Hungwe (68), has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating a plot to kill a five-year-old boy for ritual purposes. The victim, Takunda Charumbuka, a pupil at Rose...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Businessman fingered in kidnapping juvenile for ritual purposes
In a shocking incident, a Muzarabani businessman is being accused of sending a villager to kidnap and kill a juvenile for ritual purposes in Mashonaland Central province.The businessman Josiah...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:45hrs | 319 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kidnaps minor for ritual purposes
A Bulawayo man kidnapped a three year old girl and confessed in court that he wanted to rape her for ritual purposes.The suspect Tawanda Maronze (23) was convicted and jailed four years ...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:18hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Father rapes daughter for ritual purposes
In a bizarre incident a Bindura man allegedly raped his daughter for ritual purposes.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates co...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 22:30hrs | 1122 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Missing head found in Rushinga
The missing head of the late Grace Murenza (28) who was allegedly beheaded by her husband was found in a blair toilet recently.Barnabas Murenza (42) who was on the run after the gruesome murde...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2317 | by Simbarashe Sithole
78-year-old woman sexually abused and murdered in Zimbabwe
Police have appealed for information that could assist in the arrest of suspects after a 78-year-old woman was found dead in Chegutu with signs of sexual abuse on her body.In a statement, poli...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 13:57hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Man steals US$7 259, R10 000 blows it on cleansing ritual
A 51-year-old Bulawayo man, Bongani Matshazi, has been sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted of stealing US$7,259 and R10,000 from his employer to pay for a spiritual cleansing ritua...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 15:22hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Man attacks wife for refusing to kill child in ritual
A woman from Zvimba sustained injuries after being allegedly assaulted by her husband with hammer blows to the head for refusing to kill their child for ritual purposes.On Wednesday, Musa Hove...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:13hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Man paid by businessman to supply human head
A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of attempted murder as he tried to strangle a grade one pupil to death, reportedly for ritual purposes.Ac...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha jailed 42 years
An attempt by a 53-year-old Beitbridge-based cross-border transporter to get rich through raping his teenage daughter has seen him locked behind bars for the next 36 years.The man started rapi...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:55hrs | 8 | 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
Rape witness vanishes
RELATIVES of a Beitbridge man accused of raping his 13-year-old daughter reportedly engineered the disappearance of the victim's sister, who is one of the key witnesses to the ongoing case at the Beit...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'My father raped me for rituals'
A 16-YEAR-OLD Beitbridge girl stunned the court this week after revealing that her father reportedly raped her several times for ritual purposes.The girl (name withheld for ethical reasons) al...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Burial impasse drags on for 4 months
IT is now four months since the murder of a Gokwe artisanal miner at Zhombe Business Centre, popularly known as Kwa-Juwero under Chief Gwesela, with affected families failing to agree on terms and con...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Murdered artisanal miner's body 'demanding' its missing body parts at mortuary
FROM spending nine days dumped outside a house at the Muchechetere homestead in Zhombe East, the remains of Munyaradzi Dube (31) who was allegedly murdered for ritual purposes, are now reportedly "mak...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:10hrs | 2 | 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
Murderous couple on the run
A COUPLE from Zvimba East allegedly bludgeoned their four-year-old niece to death, stuffed her body in a sack and dumped it in a stream near a bridge in Kuwadzana Extension.The girl's body was...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:20hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Commute death sentence to prison terms'
A RECENT High Court ruling condemning Tapiwa Makore Senior and accomplice Tafadzwa Shamba to death for the brutal murder of then seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore Junior has once again revived debate on th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 14 | 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
Man (22) rapes granny (90) for ritual purposes
In a shocking incident a 22-year-old Bindura man force marched a 90-years-old grandmother into her bedroom before raping her.The matter...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 23:24hrs | 41 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man sodomises friend for ritual purposes
A desperate move by a Bindura man to make money has landed him in trouble after he was dragged to court facing a sodomy charge.Enerst Denhere Chiheya (40) appeared before magistrate Samantha D...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:08hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sperm harvesters on the loose in Bulawayo
A GROUP of female sperm harvesters is on the loose in Bulawayo after three women reportedly drugged and sexually assaulted a man who they had given a lift, with police warning the public not to accept...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Stephen Mpofu
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
Zimbabwe toe-selling 'joke' misses the mark in Nigeria
An apparent social media ruse in Zimbabwe about people selling their toes for large amounts of money is being taken more seriously elsewhere in Africa.The unfounded story that suggests Zimbabw...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police probe sale of human toes
POLICE have said they are investigating possible trafficking of human body parts, following reports that people are selling their toes in exchange for riches to people who use them for ritual purposes...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:34hrs | 13 | 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
Lobby group launches campaign to decriminalise sex work
A CAMPAIGN to decriminalise sex work was last week launched in Bulawayo with the aim of lobbying policymakers to consider sex as a profession.The campaign was launched by the Sexual Rights Cen...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
2 more expecting mothers raped at Maphisa Hospital
THE Health ministry has tightened security at Maphisa Hospital in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province, after the institution experienced a series of break-ins at its maternity ward where preg...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe women's group in today's reaction to Merry Mubayiwa is long overdue
We welcome the intervention of the Zimbabwe women's group to put pressure to the Vice President, General Constantine Chiwenga. We celebrate their move to put questions to VP why he is treating Merry l...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 11:18hrs | 22 | by Nomazulu Thata
Prominent polygamous businessman in 'grave ritual' storm
A PROMINENT Kwekwe polygamous businessman, with more than 15 wives and over 90 children, is at the centre of a ritual storm amid sensational accusations by one of his sons that he reportedly hired a s...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 07:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Slain woman's relatives bury her at ‘killer' husband homestead
Relatives to the Mvuma woman who was last week allegedly killed by her husband brew a shocker when they buried her the body at her husband's homestead in Zaka.Regina Khumbula (35) was allegedl...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:42hrs | 7 | 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
'Bona - Mnangagwa fight over Mugabe's dead body to get nasty'
South African based academic Dinizulu Macaphulana (real name Dr. William Mpofu) has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the spirited fight to have the late President Robert Mugabe's corpse ...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wife catches husband raping 16 year-old daughter
"FOR better or for worse" is part of the common marriage vow but a woman from Zhombe in the Midlands province could not have anticipated that the worst scenario she can encounter in her marriage is to...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles to disown 'gukurahundi' sellout Chiefs, blood on your hands!
Confidential information on our hands confirming that some Matabele traditional chiefs have accepted bribes from the genocidal Zimbabwe government to assist it to impose its suspicious Matabeleland ge...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 11:07hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube
'Mujuru killed in a ritual occultic sacrifice'
The former Zimbabwe Army General Solomon Mujuru was killed in a ritual sacrifice, political analyst Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana has sensationally claimed. Mujuru died in a fire in the ear...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 11:54hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Massive python found stashed in vehicle
KWEKWE Central Business District was Tuesday brought to a standstill after a huge live python was found stashed in a dumped Toyota Wish vehicle in a suspected case of rituals gone wrong.Police...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
Tshinga Dube supports Mugabe family for clinging to ex-leader's body
OUTSPOKEN former minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Tshinga Dube has defended late former President Robert Mugabe's family for burying the once fierce ruler at his rural home in Zvimba.Add...Published: 29 May 2021 at 20:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants poll charm from Mugabe's corpse, nephew claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind a bizarre push to exhume the remains of Robert Mugabe in the vain belief that his predecessor was buried with a mystic scepter, or "tsvimbo yaMambo" in the Shona...Published: 13 May 2021 at 18:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Lift ban on private transport operators'
HUMAN rights groups and the clergy have urged Local Government minister July Moyo to lift the ban on private transport operators and end the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) monopoly because ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
Woman bites off, swallows neighbor's lip
Emilia Madondo (47) was left without her lower lip after being involved in a fight with her neighbour Sheila Nyakasvika who bit off, swallowed and suck victim's blood over gossip on Monday.Mad...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 11:31hrs | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Woman lives in fear of being bewitched by hubby's mistress
A Bulawayo woman is living in fear of being bewitched by her husband's mistress after the latter allegedly stole her nightdress from their matrimonial home supposedly to take it to a sangoma for ritua...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pair murders juvenile, cut genitals
In a gory murder case that has left the community in Mazetese Village in Mwenezi shell-shocked, two men allegedly connived to kill a six-year-old girl before burning her body beyond recognition after ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma saves 'poacher' from serving jail time
A local man here, who was found with a wild cat, dried meat and skins including a buffalo tail, escaped jail for poaching after he told court a spirit medium told him to collect the skins from the bus...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa murder: Another hut, gazebo up in flames
Thanks Makore, on remand on charges of allegedly murdering his seven-year old nephew Tapiwa for suspected ritual purposes, had his kitchen hut at his Murehwa homestead destroyed by fire on Friday nigh...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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