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Pervert uncle jumps from 3rd Floor in wild suicide bid
In a jaw-dropping courtroom spectacle, a 38-year-old man convicted of attempted rape shocked onlookers at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court on Thursday by hurling himself from the third floor in a despe...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:02hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Husband threatens suicide
A Harare woman has been granted a protection order against her husband after telling the Harare Civil Court that he had repeatedly assaulted, insulted, and threatened to kill her if she went ahead wit...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:18hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland man kills wife, village head and neighbour, stabs himself
The community of Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, is in shock after a 37-year-old man allegedly went on a brutal killing spree, murdering three people, including his wife, the village head, and a neighbor,...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 14:50hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Woman accuses uncle of sexual abuse and witchcraft
In a deeply disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse and witchcraft, Margaret Muchuro, a 34-year-old disabled woman from Chimanimani, accused her uncle, Chrispen Muchuro, of demanding sexual favours as...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:01hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
245% increase in suicide attempts
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has recorded a 245 percent increase in attempted suicide cases handled at the health institution amid reports that the most affected age group includes young adults ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Herd boy commits suicide amid stock theft allegations
Police in Matabeleland North Province are probing a troubling case involving a herd boy who purportedly consumed a dipping chemical in an apparent suicide attempt following his implication in a recent...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 11:41hrs | 21 | by Peter Matuka
Man jumps off 9th floor of CBD building, survives
AN UNIDENTIFIED Harare man survived a suicide attempt at Tanganyika House along 3rd Street, Harare, Tuesday. He was rushed to hospital.The man threw himself from the rooftop of Tanganyika hous...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe-born woman (25) found dead in room at Manchester's Britannia Hotel
An unemployed probation officer from Sale was tragically found dead in a hotel room.Hloniphile Moyo, known as Chloe to her family, was tragically found dead in a room at the Britannia Hotel in...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Stress-related suicide cases triple in Bulawayo
THE number of people attempting suicide has almost tripled in Bulawayo since last year with concerns that residents are failing to cope with stress, which drives them to the edge leading to suicide....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
U.S.-based Zimbabwean man pounded wife with hammer, set family house on fire
A Zimbabwean man faces a lengthy jail sentence in the United States after allegedly pounding his wife with a hammer and setting his family house on fire in a possible murder-suicide attempt.Go...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judgment for 'killer' soldier set for today
THE judgment in the case of a soldier who allegedly shot dead his wife, her two siblings and injured his 18-month- old daughter before shooting himself in a failed suicide attempt last year, has been ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in gun suicide attempt
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer stationed at Khami Maximum Prison in Bulawayo is battling for life in hospital after he shot himself on the chest in an attempted suicide. ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldier who killed wife, two sisters denied bail
THE High Court has rejected an application for bail pending trial by a soldier who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife, her two siblings and injured his 18-month-old daughter before shoot...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man buys friend beer at bar, rushies to his home, sleeps with his wife
A Mazowe mine man reportedly attempted to kill himself after he caught his wife panties down with his friend. The incident apparently resulted in the breaking up of two marriages.Sources famil...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 21:24hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman kills toddler in suicide attempt
A 32-YEAR-OLD Seke woman allegedly took her four-year-old daughter around midnight and jumped into a nearby dam in a bid to commit suicide.The woman (name withheld) from Mangwende village, und...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporteer
Soldier further remanded on murder charges
A KWEKWE-BASED soldier, who allegedly shot his wife and her two siblings at their family home in Bulawayo two months ago, has been further remanded in custody to April 17 pending his indictment to the...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Poor' man attempts suicide after lover falls pregnant
A MAN from Tshabalala suburb in Bulawayo cheated death in a double suicide attempt, leaving a knife lodged in his neck in a bid to evade responsibility after his girlfriend told him that she was pregn...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family of 3 sisters shot dead demand $40,000 compensation
THE family of three women in Bulawayo's New Magwegwe suburb who were recently fatally shot by a soldier who later turned the gun on himself in a suicide attempt, is demanding $40 000 as compensation f...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Killer soldier further remanded
A SOLDIER who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife, her two siblings and injuring his 18-month- old daughter before shooting himself in an alleged suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb fo...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shooting victims buried side-by-side
THREE women who were fatally shot allegedly by a soldier who later turned the gun on himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo last week, were buried side-by-side at West Park Ce...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family demands $12,000 for soldier shooting victims' funeral expenses
THE family of three women who were fatally shot by a soldier who later turned the gun on himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo last week, is demanding $12 000 for funeral exp...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' soldier's relatives start negotiating with bereaved family
THE family of a soldier who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife and her two siblings before shooting himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb yesterday started negotiations wit...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife, siblings shooting soldier out of ICU
A SOLDIER who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife, her two siblings and injuring his 18-month- old son before shooting himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb appeared in cour...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe killer soldier out of ICU, appears in court
A SOLDIER who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife, her two siblings and injuring his 18-month-old son before shooting himself in a suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb appeared in court...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 07:58hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Soldier kills wife, siblings with AK47
A SOLDIER fired about 20 shots, killing his wife, her two siblings and injuring his one-year-old son before shooting himself in a failed suicide attempt in New Magwegwe suburb yesterday following an i...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man follows maid wife to work, kills her, hangs self
A MAN from Insuza, Matabeleland North, allegedly killed his wife at her employer's house in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb, before hanging himself yesterday.Munyaradzi Moyo, said to be about 35-...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pupil tries to commit suicide after being caught cheating in exam
AN Upper Six pupil from Sizane High School in Bulawayo allegedly tried to commit suicide twice after she was caught cheating in a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Biology paper 3 examinat...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The next suicide threat you come across isn't a joke!
Suicide is fast becoming a quick fix to intolerable depression. While we try to preserve the only life we have; every one hour, some other people are trying to lose theirs - intentionally. Stories of ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Nimi Princewill
Family pressures create many graves for Zimbabweans in the UK
Life for immigrant communities in the UK remains gloomy, but many put on brave faces when they talk to those back home. All is not rosy abroad.In January this year, a Zimbabwean woman's body w...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 04:54hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
I tried to kill myself
While he is now perhaps the country's most well known stand-up comedian with a potential to be the Zimbabwe's first major export in the art form, life was not always so rosy for Carl Joshua Ncube who ...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suspected girlfriend killer remanded in custody
A KWEKWE gold panner who allegedly stabbed his live-in girlfriend of three years nine times all over her body, killing her on the spot before blowing off their house's roof with dynamite in a suicide ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Staffr eporter
Makorokoza stabs lover 9 times
A KWEKWE gold panner allegedly stabbed his live-in girlfriend of three years nine times all over her body, killing her on the spot before blowing off the house's roof with dynamite in a suicide attemp...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suicide attempt flops
The man in the picture is Noel and believed to be working for Delta here in Victoria Falls. He attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself down 120m gorge. He could be seen from a distance that he...Published: 29 May 2017 at 15:34hrs | | by WhatsApp
Chiwenga must resign - ZUNDE
When a serving soldier goes astray, there are many different types of remedial actions that can be invoked. The most common of these punishments is what is known as Confinement Barracks (CB), usually ...Published: 05 May 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
The time for compromise and accommodation in South Africa is over
Many years ago we were discussing our future National Anthem in the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC. On invitation from President Mandela, Professor Mzilikazi Khumalo's proposed renderin...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Carl Niehaus
HIV+ man kills self on 2nd attempt
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bulilima man allegedly committed suicide by hanging due to alleged frustrations of living with HIV.Fanuel Ncube of Tjabhoroma Village in Masendu Ward, first drank dip che...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
British Conservative Government must account for Zim aslyum Moyo suicide
A desperate Zimbabwean Asylum Seeker committed suicide at a park in London after the British Government put dry sticks on its ears about his desperate plea. Britain merchandises itself on planet Earth...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Zimbabwean boxer dies in London
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom have launched an appeal for donations to repatriate the body of the late Bhekitshe Moyo back to Zimbabwe after he was found dead. Reports say an inq...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 13:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man commits suicide at brother's homestead after testing HIV+
A 37-YEAR-OLD Mangwe man allegedly committed suicide at his brother's homestead after testing positive for HIV.Michael Khumalo allegedly first drank a pesticide last month in a failed suic...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop fails at suicide
A POLICE officer in Masvingo allegedly took an overdose of antibiotic pills in a suicide attempt following a dispute with her married boyfriend.The officer, only identified as Constable Mp...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop in suicide bid
A POLICE officer in Masvingo allegedly took an overdose of antibiotic pills in a suicide attempt following a dispute with her married boyfriend in a suspected love triangle.The officer, only ident...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Maid murder suspect gouged out deceased's eyes
It has emerged that the 14-year-old boy who murdered a 41-year-old housemaid, Nyarai Kadonzva in Gweru on Sunday, later used a knife to gouge out her eyes and had planned to cut the body into pieces b...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man saves wife after suicide bid
AFTER 17 years of marriage and giving birth to six children, a woman, 39, is battling for her life at Victoria Falls Hospital's intensive care unit following a suicide attempt that shocked her childre...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Adelaide Moyo
Zanu-PF chairman denied bail
Zanu PF Harare province youth chairman Godwin Gomwe and six other party officials facing extortion charges have been denied bail by Harare provincial magistrate Vakai Chikwekwe.The matter ...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 21:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murderer survives 3 suicide attempts
A Chitungwiza murderer, Obert Maninji (37), stabbed himself on the chest, took an overdose of malaria tablets and drank rat poison in a suicide attempt-but still survived to face his crimes.Th...Published: 11 May 2015 at 16:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Two suicide attempts foiled
AS if he was not determined to take his own life 30 minutes before, a Mutare man had to endure painful moments after being injured after his second suicide attempt in less than 12 hours had failed aga...Published: 02 May 2015 at 13:52hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Woman dies on second suicide attempt
DETERMINED to end her life, a 65-year-old woman who drank a pesticide in a bid to kill herself fled from a clinic where she was being treated and hanged herself.Florence Komichi, of Hungwa Vi...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 06:29hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
The collective fear of all Zimbos has reached frightening levels: Part 2!
The very essence of the "FEAR NOT" command as stated briefly in Part 1 is not that you can die for Jesus himself or anyone even if you are to become a martyr. The same Christian bible says Jesus d...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 12:20hrs | 1 | by ZIM-ID
'Suicide man' seeks assistance to settle hospital bill
A 36-YEAR-OLD man who was hospitalised after attempting to commit suicide three times is appealing for monetary assistance to cover his medical bill.Mr Nqobile Mlilo, a manager at Spar Butcher...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 15:05hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
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