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Gender equality shouldn't come at the cost of men's rights
As an intern journalist who spends most of my time in Zimbabwean courtrooms, I have seen firsthand the impact of gender equality and women's empowerment. While I support the movement, I cannot help bu...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:22hrs | 304 | by Kundai Laverna Sharamba
Man kills self after bashing from son
A Chiweshe man committed suicide by hanging after being bashed by his son, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Stephen Mubaiwa (56) of Mbisva vil...Published: 30 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 1579 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cheating wife axed to death, hubby commits suicide
Concession residents were left shell-shocked in the early hours of today when a 42-year-old jealous man fatally axed his wife during an infidelity dispute and subsequently committed suicide by throwin...Published: 29 May 2023 at 20:51hrs | 1923 | by Simbarashe Sithole
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 702 | by Jonathan Moyo
'Zimbabwe's Unemployment Crisis: A growing mental health concern among graduates and youths'
Zimbabwe has been plagued with a number of challenges over the years, from economic instability to political unrest. However, one issue that is often ignored is the impact of government failure on men...Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:25hrs | 315 | by Mberi Prince
CID detective in hot water after he jokes about suicide on WhatsApp
A Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detective sparked panic among his colleagues and family after posting a picture of himself with a gun to his chin, and the message: "We will meet in heaven."...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:37hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Suicide cases spike in Mashonaland central
SUICIDE cases in Zimbabwe continue to soar with Mashonaland Central recording the highest number, according to the latest National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) report.According t...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in 24 metre suicide plunge
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru jumped to his death from a 24-meter-high Gweru City Council water reservoir for unknown reasons.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko c...Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:38hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Murowa School saga as Provincial Minister flexes his political muscles
Dear ZimbabweansScandalous! That's the only word to sum up the action taken by the Provincial Minister in a case between parents and a teaching couple at Murowa School Zvishavane district. Whi...Published: 09 May 2023 at 12:22hrs | 1326 | by Disgruntled parents
Municipal cop axes wife, hangs self over US$600
A BEITBRIDGE municipal police officer yesterday morning axed his wife to death at their Dulivhadzimu home before fleeing to his rural home where he hanged himself following a dispute over US$600....Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Marvo Stationery saga rages on...10 years later
The Marvo Stationary case continue to drag on and on, with new twists and turns. Since the company was sold to Mahlongonono Valela and his partners, following the death of Mr. Kates the original owner...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1208 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Man kills wife, commits suicide
A BULILIMA man killed his wife before he hanged himself outside his homestead over an undisclosed issue. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the inci...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:26hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
'Another Zanu PF parly majority win spells doom'
ANOTHER Zanu PF parliamentary majority win could lead to enactment of more draconian laws and constitutional amendments detrimental to democracy, electoral watchdogs has warned.The sentiments ...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 13:35hrs | 698 | by Staff Reporter
Man hangs self after killing granny (70)
IN an incident that has left villagers in Mutoko shell-shocked, a 31-year-old man fatally attacked his grandmother with a log before committing suicide after accusing her of failing to buy his medicat...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Man poisons his three children, kills self
A 37-year-old Lower Gweru man gave his three minor children some porridge laced with poison before he went into the bush and committed suicide following a misunderstanding with his wife.Police...Published: 27 Mar 2023 at 21:41hrs | 1057 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa implores parents to administer corporal punishment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored parents and guardians to administer corporal punishment to discipline their children and challenged churches and other social institutions to join in the fight against...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Expel bullies from schools, says Mnangagwa
SOCIETY should play its part and complement Government efforts if the country is to win the war against drug and substance abuse while schools should expel bullies so that a peaceful atmosphere obtain...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:17hrs | 2111 | by Staff Reporter
Bullying leads to suicide
AGONY, grief, pain, anguish, sadness and anger aptly describe how the Saudan family in Bulawayo is feeling following the death of their 15-year-old son Jayden who committed suicide after complaining o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over mounting debts
A PREMIER Service Medical Investments (PSMI) loss control supervisor, Bernard Chatindivara, who was stationed at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, committed suicide on Saturday after being overwhelmed by de...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
Suicidal woman loses peace order bid
A HARARE woman, Elizabeth Chemhere on Tuesday wept bitterly at the civil court as she accused her husband, Machinda Jumo of assaulting her on several occasions and threatening to rape her.Chem...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:05hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Berita opens up on walking away from her marriage to Nota
Gugulethu "Berita" Khumalo has opened up about what made her walk away from her marriage to Nhlamulo "Nota" Baloyi.Since Berita revealed she separated from Nota and left their marital home in ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:49hrs | 1497 | by Staff reporter
75% of Zimbabwe teachers experiencing mental health challenges
The findings further show that all teachers have mentally resigned their jobs although they physically remain at their workplaces.AT least 75% of Zimbabwean teachers are suffering from stress-...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self in Bulawayo CBD
A man believed to be in his early 20s was found hanging from a tree in Kwekwe Central Business District in a suspected case of suicide. The man, only identified as Junior and believed to be a ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:03hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer resigns after sleazy video leak
The Midlands State University (MSU) is topping the Twitter trend after sleazy videos and pictures involving one of its lecturers and students leaked on social media last Friday.The lecturer Re...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 4119 | by Staff reporter
Hubby cheats with maid, crashes car with pregnant wife inside
TODAY we are going to die in this car!Those were the words of a husband, who after allegedly being caught cheating with the maid, deliberately attempted to commit suicide with his pregnant wif...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 2176 | by Staff reporter
Boy (11) hangs self, as birthday celebration turns nasty
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy from Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, committed suicide on January 23 following a fist-fight with his elder brother while celebrating the latter's birthday.The decease...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Holy Ten opens up on Winky D beef
The 24-year-old Harare rapper, songwriter, and producer Holy Ten (real name Mukudzei Chitsama) has for the first time opened up about the controversy surrounding his collaboration with award winning a...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4329 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 928 | by Staff reporter
Brothers dig up son's grave to recover US$300
There was drama in Rushinga when two brothers allegedly dug up a grave to recover US$300 they believed was buried together with their son.The brothers Ranganai Magara (47) and Owen Magara (45)...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 16:13hrs | 2024 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man commits suicide after severely bashing wife
The fear of getting arrested has cost the life of a Bindura man Wilbert Chikwana (42) who had severely assaulted his wife on Friday night during a domestic dispute.Chikwana was found hanging f...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 2644 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man commits suicide after killing wife, sister
A 39-YEAR-OLD Mhondoro man who was believed to be on the run after axing his wife and her sister last week was found dead at his girlfriend's house on Saturday. Police had launched a manhunt f...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:30hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Substance abuse not necessarily due to idleness but poor socialization and mindset!
With the scourge of drug and alcohol abuse on a worrying upward trajectory, the question of how to deal with this pandemic had been, understandably, uppermost on the nation's lips.There have b...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 689 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 1016 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Umjolo app launched - 'Thou shall not commit adultery'
Walter Mbano, a 31-year-old man from Pumula South Bulawayo has launched an Application called "Bae Tracker" which is meant to keep relationship partners loyal to each other.The Application is ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:01hrs | 775 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Wife scalds hubby with cooking oil, commits suicide
A Glendale woman who failed to accept her husband's cheating habbits decided to end her life after she burnt him with hot cooking oil.S...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2562 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1133 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
Man jumps 8 floors to his death
A 63-year-old man reportedly jumped to his death from the eighth floor of a local hotel yesterday morning. The man identified as David Howard Bookless, 63, suffered a fracture on his right han...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 12:08hrs | 3682 | by Staff reporter
Man murders ex-wife for rejecting him
A Shurugwi man is suspected of having murdered his ex-wife in cold blood after she refused to reconcile with him.Lubitsi Mubita (31) of Mutamba village under Chief Nhema in Shurugwi, was found...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Dad terrorises family with murder-suicide threats
"I'LL kill you, myself and the children…"An abusive Bulawayo man has reportedly developed homicidal tendencies after his wife left him, to get peace of mind.It seems like a no-win si...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Man murders wife, 3 kids and hangs self
In a shock incident, a Nyanga man, Edward Chirombe allegedly murdered, in cold blood, his wife and three children aged 8, 12 and 14 before committing suicide through hanging.The bodies were di...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 19:30hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Troubled man commits suicide
A 38-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man committed suicide on New Year's Eve by hanging himself on the roof trusses of his bedroom in Chiweshe.Givemore Kaodza took his life over undisclosed issue.Ma...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 14:24hrs | 1709 | by Simbarashe Sithole
If Zimbabweans are serious about change then 2023 should be a year of action!
In this world, only a fool expects their aspirations and goals to just fall onto his laps - as if manna from the heavens. Anyone who genuinely supposes that their dreams and objectives will be...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 925 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Neglected 13-year-old girl kills self
A 13-year-old Guruve girl who felt neglected after her parents divorced committed suicide on Tuesday.Mashonaland Central Province deputy police spokesperson Sergeant Major Samuel Chikasha conf...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 18:42hrs | 2126 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman stalks hubby's friend
HAVING been deserted by her husband over witchcraft allegations, a Mutare woman was left so devastated and threatening to commit suicide.The woman, Tatenda Chimwesa, is also venting her anger ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:10hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Man murders wife, rapes corpse in front of children
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo mercilessly murdered his estranged wife and went on to sexually abuse her corpse in full view of their children before he later committed suicide...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:37hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: Woman-made Disaster!
There has never been so much hype and hysteria around the prevalence of gender based violence, ninety percent of which, we are told, is committed by men. Like HIV, it has been called a pandemic, and l...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 22:01hrs | 323 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Bulawayo wife killer commits suicide
Judge Evans Zinzombe, the Bulawayo man who callously murdered his wife Wednesday and went on to sexually abuse her corpse in full view of the couple's minor children, was found dead with police linkin...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect denied bail
A-HARARE man faces murder charges after he engaged in a fight at Bluffhill shops in the capital, which resulted in the death of his victim.The suspect, Edward Vandeventer (27) from Marlborough...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini man in court for killing girlfriend
AN Esigodini man appeared in court after he fatally stabbed his girlfriend for receiving US$5 from another man she was suspected to be having an affair with.AN Esigodini man appeared in court ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Troubled man commits suicide
A 52-YEAR-OLD man from Mushumbi pools in Mashonaland Central province committed suicide by drinking poison after being troubled by his wife. ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 12:14hrs | 510 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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