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Vapostori leaders jailed over witchcraft claims

Two Vapostori sect leaders from Plumtree in Matabeleland South have been sentenced to jail after assaulting a passerby over accusations of witchcraft.Eriya Magumise, 25, and Trevor Mandishona, 29, both affiliated with the Johane Masowe eCh…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 12:44hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter

Vapostori assault passerby over witchcraft, jailed

Two Solwezi-based (Plumtree) apostolic prophets, Eriya Magumise (25) and Trevor Mandishona (29)  under the Johane Masowe eChishanu Nyenyedzimomwe were sentenced to twelve months imprisonment on two counts of witchcraft accusations and…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 06:09hrs | 325 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree

Man (61) threatens to kill stepmom (70) over witchcraft

A 61-year-old Armson Ngwenya from Matanka village under Chief Bango has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by Plumtree magistrate, Joshua Nembaware, after being found guilty of threatening to kill his step-mother, Simomo Sibanda, ov…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:44hrs | 316 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree

Sangoma denounces witchcraft

Controversial traditional healer Gogo Chihoro has publicly clarified that she does not practice witchcraft, following a surge in requests from the public seeking such services. Speaking through her spokesperson, Gogo Chihoro firmly rejecte…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:02hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter

Man assaults mother over witchcraft allegations

A 43-year-old man from Chief Tshitshi's area in Plumtree has been sentenced to 210 hours of community service after he was convicted of physically abusing his mother, whom he accused of witchcraft.Mandlenkosi Sibanda appeared before Plumtr…

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:08hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter

Woman sues brother-in-law over witchcraft allegations

A Harare woman, Precious Kadzotsa, has been granted a protection order by the Civil Court after accusing her brother-in-law, Gibson Mangwende, of violent behaviour and making repeated witchcraft allegations against her.Kadzotsa told the co…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:49hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter

Man commits suicide after accusing wife of witchcraft and infidelity

A 41-year-old man from Burnside, Bulawayo, was found hanging in his garage on Sunday, following a heated altercation with his wife over allegations of infidelity.David Mujuru was discovered by his nephew, who had gone to unlock the garage …

Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 15:24hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter

Pathisa Nyathi's final journey: Exploring African science and witchcraft

In a chilly July mid-morning last year, Pathisa Nyathi, a renowned African cultural historian and prolific author, walked into the Sunday News newsroom, carrying with him three new books. These works marked the continuation of his lifelong…

Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:49hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter

Witchcraft claims derail search for missing 2 year old

WHEN Ms Glenda Sibelu left her two-year-old daughter at home to fetch water from a nearby river, she had no idea it would be the beginning of a heart-wrenching search for the toddler who has been missing for a fortnight.Little Princess Sib…

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Woman shocks villagers over witchcraft claims

A woman in Murewa stunned a gathering in Munyuki village when she claimed that she and five others had "bewitched" her two late daughters and then presented a piece of meat she falsely alleged was human flesh, as informed to a Murewa magis…

Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Siblings kill brother in witchcraft row

IN a shocking incident, a 57-year-old man from Macala Village in  under Chief Sikhobokhobo's area in Nkayi, Matebeleland North province was allegedly murdered by his two brothers over witchcraft allegations.The now deceased Jabulani M…

Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sons kill father over witchcraft allegations

TWO Dotito brothers allegedly assaulted their father to death after accusing him of bewitching them.Munyaradzi Nyanzira (29) and Ashly Nyanzira (23) broke into their father's bedroom on Tuesday and fatally struck him with an iron bar.The d…

Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 12:06hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Senator Timveos speaks about MDC's politics of witchcraft & factions

I found the Twit by Charlton Hwende that my reasons for resigning from the MDC Alliance was that the First Lady promised me that my senatorial car will not be seized to be demeaning and a lie by an evil person in the MDCA who will destroy …

Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:28hrs | | by Senator Lillian Temvoes

Abusing NSSA funds is no different from witchcraft

Abusing NSSA funds is never different from witchcraft especially considering that NSSA pensioners are wallowing in abject poverty. The once off cushioning payout they received this month did help but for how long, considering that it was o…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo

Let's stamp out fear of witchcraft

Whenever some calamity befalls us; illness, catching an infectious disease, an accident and injury, a bankruptcy in business, a failed examination, a failed marriage - we want to know what caused it in the first place.This is not just Afri…

Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ

Chiefs in a fix over settling witchcraft cases

TRADITIONAL leaders in Matabeleland said they were in a fix over how to handle cases of witchcraft because of the contradictions between constitutional law and local culture.The Constitution does not recognise witchcraft, while in the loca…

Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chigwedere want judges to fatally shoot him

Former Cabinet minister Aeneas Chigwedere's younger brother, Godfrey, wept uncontrollably in court and pleaded with judges to fatally shoot him after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) declined to hear his case in which he accuses the Ce…

Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 10:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe blasts witch-craft mentality

President Robert Mugabe has warned people to desist from the tendency of attributing every sickness to witchcraft, saying it is lack of ideological clarity.Speaking at the National Heroes Acre during the burial of Ambuya Maud Muzenda and G…

Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 17:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF leaders accusing Mugabe of witchcraft

President Robert Mugabe yesterday waded into the controversy that followed Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden illeness, saying some Zanu-PF leaders are now accusing him of witchcraft.President Robert Mugabe and first lady Grace at …

Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chigwedere witchcraft case stalls

The non-availability of an interpreter for the witchcraft case pitting former education Minister Aeneas Chigwedere and his son last week forced the outgoing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku to switch to vernacular language. English is the…

Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Injiva dumped by wife over chameleon

A Tsholotsho villager based in South Africa has set tongues wagging in the community as he is reportedly keeping a live chameleon in his car.The chameleon which does not change its colour has been in Joel Tshuma's car for the past three ye…

Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Ukhitshwa esiphaleni seleminyaka 30 wacatsha

ZIKHUZA umhlola njalo zitshwaqe imizimba izakhamizi zesigabeni seSiphezini eMzingwane ngemva kokuba esinye isakhamuzi sakule indawo ebesesileminyaka engu-30 sacatsha sivunjululwe esiphaleni sikamnewabo sesifana xathu lesikhova.Impicabadala…

Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Cornelius Luphahla

New twist in Chigwedere witchcraft saga

Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son, Mangwiza, has turned the heat on his father's lawyer, Tendai Masawi of Masawi and Partners, accusing the legal practitioner of gross misconduct.Chigwedere has been taken to court on severa…

Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Mob burns 7 to death over suspected witchcraft

Blantyre - A mob in Malawi's southern district of Nsanje burned seven people to death for allegedly possessing human bones for use in witchcraft, police said on Wednesday.The seven were "found in possession of human bones and the mob took …

Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 11:06hrs | 1 | by Agencies

Zimbabwe's witchcraft capital

Gokwe, the cotton-producing district in Midlands province, has become synonymous with witchcraft and the occult. Basing on the number of reported cases, Gokwe could easily compete with the lightning-makers of Chipinge to top the "Witchcraf…

Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 08:32hrs | 15 | by Tendai Chara

I believe in witchcraft

"SIR," I shouted at the sports master, "you obviously don't know me well I may be only 10 but in everything I do, I am as good as Samson of True Africa magazine. I am as brave as a lion, strong as an elephant and fast as a furious mamba. H…

Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 12:23hrs | 2 | by Mzana Mthimkhulu

Teachers are sad victims of witchcraft, live at the mercy of goblins

Teachers are not only victims of economic woes bedevilling the country but they are also sad victims of spiralling witchcraft and goblins that storm our communities from the world of darkness to unleash spine chilling fears and a reign of …

Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 13:03hrs | 1 | by Nelson Masukume

Girl (12) confesses to feeding on human flesh

A 19-YEAR-OLD woman allegedly initiated her 12-year-old aunt into the nocturnal world of witchcraft where they used to feed on human flesh in Buhera.The macabre real life drama, which reads like a fairytale, which occurred in Chigavakava V…

Published: 03 May 2013 at 13:12hrs | | by Ray Bande

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