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Mystery surrounds 'haunted' bus
In the Chitungwiza area near a car repair garage at Chikwanha Shopping Centre, there is a parked bus that residents claim has not moved for several months - but has been displaying strange and mysteri...Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:19hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
Cop's wife issues death threats to husband's 'girlfriend'
Memory, the wife of a police officer based in Guruve, Charles "Tocky" Matiza, has allegedly threatened to kill her husband's girlfriend, giving her only six days to live.The threats were repor...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 08:12hrs | 1140 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sewer bursts concerns mount
THE Harare City Council (HCC) is under fire for failing to timely attend to water and sewer pipe bursts amid concern that the unattended infrastructure is contributing to the cholera outbreak in the c...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dark trail
CorruptionAs for the optics and visuals, you wouldn't say President Emmerson Mnangagwa - where corruption is concerned - has disappointed.During the hot days - months before the late R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni
Man runs away with wife after killing her lover
There is clearly no limit to strange things people do in the name of love. A Harare man recently allegedly murdered his wife's lover and ran away with this cheating wife. This is not a movie script. ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube invades sacred site
Minister for Finance Mthuli Ncube invades a sacred site reserved for cultural ceremonies in his rural home Matebeleland South, the area is in Chap village few kilometres from Matopo National Park...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 12:55hrs | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mthuli Ncube 'defiles' sacred site
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been accused of building lodges on a sacred site reserved for cultural ceremonies in his rural home in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province.The area i...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Romeo Gasa unleashes mashura video
Sungura musician Romeo Gasa released his latest video titled "Mashura" yesterday. The video is from his Code 263 album launched in...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nabbed poachers bash cops
GURUVE based Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer Tsitsi Rushizha cheated death after three suspected poachers went riot and assaulted her col...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Timveos departure from MDC Alliance to ZANU PF fraught with hypocrisy and deceit, and needs introspection
In my life, I have come across my fare share of strange things - some, which could be characterized as stranger than fiction - but, the open letter allegedly penned by former MDC Alliance member and s...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso players seek shrine power
WHILE many footballers in Africa do turn to sorcery and fetishism for a competitive edge, lathering magical-power oilments on their skin and squirrel fat (for speed) on their feet, Bulawayo giants Hig...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditionalists cleanse Victoria Falls
All is set for the traditional cleansing of Victoria Falls and its environs at a shrine in Phakama Village, Mvuthu today. Traditionalists from Chief Mvuthu's area led by descendants of the Tok...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops, villagers flee businessman's 'goblins'
VILLAGERS and two police officers scurried for cover after they allegedly stumbled on goblins in a businessman's suitcase while searching for poison that allegedly led to the death of several communit...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:44hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts.Sunday News discovered that so cunning are ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Spirit medium leads search for cyclone victims
A SPIRIT medium early this week helped villagers recover the body of a girl killed during Cyclone Idai-induced floods at Dzingire Growth Point, popularly known as Kopa in Chipinge, where over 300 peop...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
When burying people becomes a lifestyle
Sporting a blue work suit and safety shoes, Margaret Nyakudya (50) is the centre of attraction at a funeral wake in Mt Darwin.The male villagers cannot help it, but are surprised by her braver...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grave dug up at night: Deceased's family shell-shocked, consults spiritualist
IN a weird case of suspected witchcraft, a Sakubva family was left shocked after they found the grave in which they had buried their 53-year old relative dug up and left wide-open a day after intermen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 pupil impregnates own cousin
Chief Makope has expressed dismay over three cases of incest by school children in his area of jurisdiction.According to Makope a cousin brother and a sister from Mbari Secondary school in Mvu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:47hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa should exclude Mugabe from his Alliance
The fledgling National Patriotic Front (NPF) - the new political outfit which is linked to former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace - reiterated yesterday that it was in advanced discussions ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Haunted homestead changes hands 6 times
MYSTERY surrounds a certain Matopo homestead after six families who bought it fled from the home in the past seven years.The original owner of the homestead, Paul Masika, is late and the home ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cowdray Park 'goblin' captured
A Goblin, Mike Maqobola, alleged to have been leading a gang of invisible beings in terrorising Cowdray Park residents, has finally been captured in a two-hour dramatic Nigerian movie style exor...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Haunted family deserts homestead
MYSTERIOUS fires, strange voices, stones falling mysteriously from the sky destroying doors, windows and roofs thereby causing injury to people are among the many strange things that are on a daily ba...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goblins torment a Nketa family in Bulawayo
A Nketa family is having sleepless nights amid accusations that one of the family members allegedly hired some goblins which are now tormenting the family especially at night.House number 5951...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder accused engage inyanga in bid to conceal crime
TWO men from Tsholotsho allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow Zimbabwean at a beer drink in Tembisa, Johannesburg, and engaged the services of an inyanga in an attempt to conceal the crime.The mu...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 09:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Satanism scare: Siblings 'turn into snakes'
THERE was a satanism scare at a house in Gweru's Mkoba 14 when two orphaned children allegedly turned into spiritual snakes during a family prayer before demanding blood from their grandfather, forcin...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
LISTEN: Man starts menstruating
LISTEN: Man starts menstruating ...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Star FM
'Cop' kidnaps two kids
A MAN from Bulawayo impersonated a police officer before allegedly kidnapping two pupils from Mhali Primary School in Magwegwe suburb.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango co...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girl in Satanism scare
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl, who scalded her mother with water before she later died in hospital, confessed before a church congregation that she was into Satanism.Zvikomborero has since dropped out of...Published: 25 May 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa and her strange things: Business tycon buried while seating in his car
Wonders shall never end. A Kenya business tycoon has made waves in the social media after he got buried while seating in his car as the detects of his will. The tycoon who has not ...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 18:13hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
'When I go to toilet food comes out undigested' - widow blames goblins
In a shocking incident a 65-year-old Harare widow is in deep trouble with goblins which enter her stomach whenever she eats delicious food and leaves her hungry afterwards. Allegations are tha...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
School girls collapse in Satanism scare
EIGHT girls attending Monde Primary School just outside Victoria allegedly fainted under mysterious circumstances during a meeting at their "church" founded by a Grade seven pupil at the school....Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dead Pose trends
There is a new pose in the block. It's called the DEAD POSE. This is when a person poses for a photo pretending they are dead. Some dead-posers are damn good at it as the photos look too real to b...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 18:39hrs | 6 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Akbay will only return if Bosso can pay
HIGHLANDERS coach Erol Akbay has said his return to the club next year will be determined by Bosso's ability to pay his 2017 salary.The Dutchman leaves for his home country on Monday...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judgment Night 4 Sermon Part II
When God called me I knew that I had to fight a lot of battles. When you are fighting for people you protect yourself, the doctors here can tell you that you wear protective clothing when attending to...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa
Mystery fires torment Gweru family
A FAMILY at a house in Mkoba's Village 13 in Gweru is living in fear after a mysterious fire recently started from an egg and destroyed property, one of many strange blazes at the property since 2013....Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Watch out what you follow
Zimbabweans would do well if they draw some lessons from a bizarre incident that recently took place across Limpopo in which a self proclaimed prophet set himself and 21 church members on fire while t...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 10:09hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
House haunted by beautiful ladies?
DIFFERENT versions surrounding a seemingly disused house in Glen Norah A have sprouted with others quickly labelling it haunted.The house is said to have seen quite a number of people occupyin...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
The boy who fed Mbuya Nehanda
LET us from the onset warn you dear readers. The narration below, by Julian Maodza Murenga Mukomawashe, belongs to the spiritual world. Born on August 22 1960, in Mbire; Murenga is that muzukuru waMbu...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tembisa residents close to cemetery lives in fear
Residents of Vusimuzi in Tembisa next to Mooifontein Cemetery live in fear as suspected dead people pelt stones to their shacks.The residents claim the dead have been hurling stones at their s...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Family kidnaps & bashes cops over missing teen
THE father and relatives of a Lower Gweru Mission Secondary School pupil who mysteriously went missing for five days went berserk and kidnapped a police officer who was last seen with the pupil before...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Nkayi man lives with snake for 20 years
A man from Nkayi's Gwitshi area is said to have been found in possession of a snake which used to lick his manhood as a in what he believed healed him of cancer.Media reports states that Fred...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man hangs himself in bizarre circumstances
A MAN from Bulawayo was found hanging in his bedroom in Cowdray Park suburb, but his family remains with so many unanswered questions after some strangers pulled down the body from where it was hangin...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 16:26hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Villagers demand immediate exhumation of fraud corpse
Mangoromera Villagers in Nyazura are demanding the immediate exhumation of a stranger's corpse they buried in the community following misrepresentations by suspects in the$70 000 Old Mutual fraud, whi...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Footballers use juju to win matches, says Taribo West
ABUJA - These days Taribo West is home alone in his Opebi, Lagos mansion, away from the glamour and limelight he once enjoyed as a superstar footballer.He no longer wears the flashy and oftent...Published: 22 Sep 2015 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by AFP
Snake prophet behind bars
THE prophet who ordered his followers to eat snakes and hair braids has been arrested and is now reportedly behind bars.This is after a Facebook storm over the prophet feeding hair braids ...Published: 20 Jul 2015 at 12:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'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
Traditional healer survives on soft drinks, buns
The old woman has also not bathed using soap or any other detergent and neither is she a fan of lotion, petroleum jelly or any other moisturiser on her skin since she was young.Nhakiwa area in...Published: 09 May 2015 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Petros Zivengwa
Pupils collapse, faint in mysterious circumstances
ANXIETY has gripped the mining town of Hwange after pupils attending Hwange Government Secondary School allegedly collapsed and fainted under mysterious circumstances.Parents said they suspect...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 09:21hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Black bird flies away with toddler
THE family of a baby who was picked by a relatively small bird which flew away with him for about 400 metres has hired a witch-hunter (tsikamutanda) to perform a cleansing ceremony at the homestead an...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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