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Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1345 | by Paul Siwela
Man strangles wife, lets couple's minor kids sleep with her corpse
A Bulawayo man who callously killed his wife before making his two minor children sleep in the same blanket with her corpse has been jailed 20 years by Bulawayo High Court judge, Evangelista Kabasa....Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt suspect in strangulation robbery case
Authorities in Matabeleland North Province are currently in pursuit of a suspect accused of strangling a 23-year-old man and demanding property and cash totaling US$103. The incident took place last w...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 22:23hrs | | by Peter Matuka
Girlfriend killer in car crash suicide
A 38-year-old Bulawayo man cold-bloodedly murdered his girlfriend at a bed and breakfast lodge in Bradfield, Bulawayo, on Saturday evening before committing suicide by crashing his vehicle onto an onc...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Stepdad strangles one–year-old daughter
A 47-year-old man stands accused of fatally strangling his one-year-old stepdaughter yesterday morning while his mother was away fetching water from a nearby borehole, in a horrifying incident that ha...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman connives with new lover to kill own baby
HOW rare is filicide, the death of a child at the hands of a parent?And what would drive a mother to kill her newborn? The killing of a child by its parent is not as rare as you might think....Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slams Western media onslaught
The onslaught being directed to Zimbabwe by the West and its media is as a result of vast wealth endowments the country has which they want to resume their old habits of looting, a Cabinet minister ha...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooker 'raped' and killed
A HOOKER (25) was strangled to death in Fort Rixon.Police found the deceased half naked, wearing a green skirt which was pulled up with empty condom covers scattered on the ground, in her room...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bar owner jailed 15 years for murdering customer
DEMA bar owner Talent Nyamombe, has been slapped with a 15 year jail term following his conviction for strangling his customer to death over unbecoming behaviour.High Court judge Justice Moses...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Jamwanda
We Must all Condemn the Imprisonement of Mthwakazi Activists in Zimbabwe
Greetings to all! As I greet you all, I am saddened by the silence of all our people at the sentencing to long imprisonment of more than three (3) years recently of Mthwakazi activists by Zimb...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 14:17hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Jamba admits killing Moreblessing Ali
MOREBLESSING Ali's suspected killer Pius Mukandi Jamba has provided details on how he murdered the opposition CCC activist on May 24 before chopping her body into three pieces.Mukandi (31) is,...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 18:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Stop police brutality
There has been spiralling of political motivated violence targeting members of the opposition. This is bad publicity for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is calling himself a new republic....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:06hrs | | by Leonard Koni
US Embassy sweats to save Chamisa's sinking ship
The United States Embassy in Harare has reactivated its propaganda machinery ahead of the forthcoming by-elections slated for March 26.After a notable lull in propaganda tweets since the depar...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 4 | by Hosia Mviringi
Sanctions cost Zimbabwe over US$42 billion in revenue
Allow me to welcome you to this unique and inaugural Sadc wide anti-sanctions Indaba which is being held under the theme "Zimbabwe a friend to all and an enemy to none". This statement is premised on ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Dr Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
UN must act on lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
THIS year's United Nations General Assembly, held in hybrid format in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic, has once again shone the spotlight on the devastating impact of years of sanctions on Zi...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says it's no longer in charge of urban councils
THE MDC Alliance has admitted the opposition party, once in charge of all urban local councils, was no longer in control of the municipalities following the controversial recalling of most of its coun...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will fall with a thud
As I prepared to leave Sydney and its congestion and retreat to a quieter place this past Sunday morning, my curiously inquisitive eye caught a disturbing news report in one of the weekend newspapers ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje in Alice Springs, Australia
666 hooker killer arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man who allegedly killed a hooker at a lodge and inscribed 666, a number Biblically known as the mark of the beast and a star associated with the occult on her belly...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Juveniles languish in remand prison
TWO Plumtree juveniles accused of murder are languishing in remand prison for a crime allegedly committed over a year ago as their case has been stalling at the courts. This was revealed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are we heading for disaster? - An Open conversation
This article is an open conversation that touches the many issues that have brought our country to where it is today. It is not an article of opposition but a call to introspection. It is a call for u...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 12:19hrs | | by Liverson Mdongo wa Habe
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police release picture of '666 killer'
POLICE in Bulawayo have released pictures of a man who allegedly killed a hooker at a lodge and inscribed 666, a number biblically known as the mark of the beast and a star associated with the occult ...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition and lost opportunities
Election 2018 was largely considered a landmark event for the different meanings and opportunities that were attached to it, particularly for the new faces in the presidential race, Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Revolution is the great teacher
Those living in luxury from the exploitation and suffering of others have traditionally always been opposed to emancipation struggles; they continue to be opposed to such struggles by the people today...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Value the national interest
Since the days of the French thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli, the primacy of the national interest has always formed the basis of foreign policy, and has been the foundation of every country's strength o...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Rule of law cannot be matter of opinion
We live in this modern world that the United States purports to lead with God-ordained civility; yet in it the rule of law has been reduced to a matter of opinion, as has become the concept of democra...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Wife strangles cop to death
A RUSAPE cop was last week strangled to death by his estranged wife who tried to cover up the heinous crime by pouring a poisonous liquid into his mouth to make it appear like suicide.Luck elu...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staf reporter
MDC @19: A lamentation over the death of democracy
This week the police gave the MDC-T Chamisa faction the go ahead to hold an event to celebrate its 19th anniversary after postponing the event over the cholera outbreak of September in Harare. While t...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Killer cop granted bail'
THE family of a three-year-old boy from Bulawayo who was allegedly strangled by his police officer father is locked in a bitter wrangle with the cop who allegedly hid the body and tried to conduct a b...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop': Wife goes into hiding
THE mother of a three-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his police officer father has gone into hiding saying she fears the cop could kill her as well. Albert Nhenda (33), a Constable i...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man in court for 'strangling' woman
A MAN from Gwanda who allegedly confessed to killing a 50-year-old woman by strangulation in November 2013, has appeared in court. Kelboy Moyo (39) of Mutandawenhema village appeared before Bu...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot cop 'kills' son (3)
AN anti-riot police officer from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly strangling his three-year-old son and claiming the boy died due to injuries sustained after falling off the stairs. Al...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Nothing will stop Zimbabwe polls'
Zanu-PF has reiterated that nothing will stop harmonised elections slated for next Monday urging Zimbabweans not to be misled by some local political parties that were developing cold feet as the harm...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
2018 elections, implications on Ndebele
Parliamentary representation has not helped Ndebele speaking territories much since attainment of independence. For a good hopeless 25 years or more Zanu PF MPs and ministers playing the tune of that ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:09hrs | | by Sazi Ntozonke
Life in jail for security guard killers
TWO men from Bulawayo who were part of a three-man gang that attacked a security guard manning a city flea market and tied his hands, legs and neck using a wire coat hanger before strangling him to de...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as murder victim 'attacks' suspect in court
COURT proceedings had to be adjourned on Wednesday after a murder suspect claimed he was being pursued by the person he allegedly killed, forcing a Bulawayo High Court Judge to order that an ambulance...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teacher kills girlfriend, sets body on fire
A TEACHER at Pakame High School, who lives in Kia Ora Lalapanzi, Chirumanzu, is in trouble after he allegedly killed his girlfriend after a dispute over her pregnancy.Tonderai Marabwa (33) was...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen mom strangles baby (2), burns corpse
An Epworth teenage mother appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing murder charges after she allegedly strangled her two-year-old baby to death before setting the room on fire to cove...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's sink or swim for Mnangagwa
Political analysts say the recent suspensions of key Zanu-PF officials aligned to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave the Midlands godfather with the option of either fighting back or si...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blood-stained clothing gave away murder suspect
Scientific evidence shows that blood may have flown off the knife used to stab Mines ministry employee Betty Ranganai and on to the clothes of a man accused of murdering her, a Harare court heard yest...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman strangled to death, boyfriend nowhere to be found
A Karoi women, Aidah Marigawo, was reportedly found dead in her bedroom in a suspected murder case on Monday.A close relative to the deceased told Bulawayo24.com that Marigawo was cohabiting w...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 13:03hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills, rob neighbour
A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with an accomplice and lured their neighbour into a bush where they stripped him before strangling him and looting his house, has been sentenced to life imprisonment....Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple kills 97-year-old mum
A MAN connived with his wife and their maid to kill his 97-year-old mother after a South African sangoma said the elderly woman was bewitching him.The wife and the maid were each sentenced...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Erotic game goes wrong as wedding ring 'chokes' man's penis
A rare penile strangulation emergency in which a man had put a wedding ring on his penis for erotic pleasure has been described in the latest issue of the SA Medical Journal (SAMJ).The 28-...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 13:31hrs | | by Netwerk24
Hyper hypocrite Mugabe rushes to Lungu inauguration
RG Mugabe has just returned from Zambia where he had gone to to witness the swearing in of Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front. Currently, with a usurped mandate, he is at the United Nations, misrepres...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 13:45hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Bail for another Air Zimbabwe boss 'killer'
ANOTHER suspect allegedly linked to the brutal murder of Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo in Botswana three months ago, has been granted $150 bail pending trial by the High Co...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Bail for Air Zimbabwe boss 'killer'
ONE of the four suspects who allegedly brutally murdered Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo in Botswana, has been granted $100 bail pending trial by the High Court. Mgcini Xaba ...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
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