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Siblings sjambok father to death
TWO Nyanga siblings have been slapped with a two year jail term each following their conviction of culpable homicide after the death of their father whom they assaulted on allegations of witchcraft....Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 19:48hrs | 3224 | by Staff reporter
Body vanishes from grave
Villagers in Gokwe South were left shocked after they found the grave of villager Gideon Fitshane who was buried on Monday empty and shockingly without traces of footprints of people who could have ta...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 2646 | by Staff reporter
Killer granny holds family to ransom
A NYANGA centenarian who recently confessed to bewitching and killing more than 10 family members in a decade on Monday finally visited a nearby hill to surrender her witchcraft paraphernalia....Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2648 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Day a celebration of imperialism
THE celebration of June 1 as the anniversary of the declaration of Bulawayo as a city by the colonisers is an insult to the history of the country in particular that of Matabeleland, analysts have sai...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 185 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Hypocrisy and more power inspired hypocrisy
iN the centre of harare there is a world-famous building named Karigamombe which is Robert Mugabe's example of self-glorification at the expense of a man named Joshua Nkomo, who was considered by Muga...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:30hrs | 250 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Pondering the Post-Covid-19 world
Ndamase is a serious type. Very serious that he sees a fault in every joke. He regularly feels that whenever people joke and laugh they waste too much time not thinking about their inevitable death on...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 104 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Masvingo man killed over witchcraft
Masvingo police have reported that they are investigating a case of murder that emanated from a witchcraft dispute among a certain family. According to the police report, the domestic dispute ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 12:31hrs | 1705 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Boy dies mysteriously in Glendale, as witchcraft comes under scrutiny
THE Tsungubvi community was plunged into mourning this Sunday following the mysterious death of Crispen Magwaza in an incident believed to be connected to his failure to pay for the services of a comm...Published: 12 May 2020 at 11:29hrs | 2093 | by Staff reporter
If Ian Smith rises from the dead & contest Mnangagwa, he would win with majority
Ian Smith is the devil in demand right now in Zimbabwe. If he were to wake up from the dead and contest Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa or any other Shona leader in a free and fair election, he woul...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:31hrs | 9447 | by Israel Dube
WATCH: Mnangagwa's government accused of consulting witchdoctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor Shingi Munyezwa has accused Zimbabwean leaders of using occultism in running the affairs of the country. In a video posted on Twitter Munyeza said, "Our ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 8878 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Staying Home" for Kariba's Aged and Homeless During the Lockdown - No Light in the Sunset'
In this installment, our Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Roving Correspondent, Laiton Kandawire, brings us the untold stories of the aged, homeless and hapless in Kariba who are, to all intents and...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 08:47hrs | 418 | by Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Mnangagwa used black magic to win election - Zanu pf official
A Zanu PF official in Mashonaland Central province Goodman Musariri has accused president Emmerson Mnangagwa of using black magic to dupe electorate....Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 17:41hrs | 3286 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe Republic Police to lose the entire force to corona virus??
Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe National Army members are being exposed to Corona virus as they are deployed in the public domain with no protection at all. Police officers and Soldier...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 20:01hrs | 3970 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Where are the traditional healers and prophets at this time of corona virus?
It is with no doubt that Covid 19 substantially contributes to the burden of disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a major role in care, due to both t...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 09:54hrs | 641 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans still in bondage in 'Egypt' - we're still awaiting our Moses to deliver us
It is always common knowledge that whenever political leaders - with the help of their sidekicks, mouthpieces, and praise singers - resort to misinterpreting biblical scriptures to justify and defend ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:17hrs | 839 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sorcery tears family apart
A MUTAMBARA family is in the eye of a witchcraft storm which has seen octogenarian Fumirai Musweweshiri dragging his son, grandson and brother to court.Mutare magistrate Ms Nyasha Kuture heard...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:25hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Quarantine 'sick' Oppa Muchinguri and Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe Minister of Defence, Oppa Muchinguri Kashiri and Zanupf Secretary for Administration, Obert Mpofu must be stopped from addressing the public and isolated until the covid19 pandemic is curbed....Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 14:29hrs | 13288 | by Israel Dube
Witchcraft ramps Gokwe north over donor funded food
Villagers in Chitekete,Gokwe north now live in fear of their lives over donor funded food by Zimbabwe Red Cross as people are allegedly fighting &nb...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 04:03hrs | 1554 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Tsvangirai's apology to Zimbabweans
The MDC Alliance in a bid to please their sponsors elsewhere have plunged the nation into the pool of confusion and suffering. The sanctions which are imposed on Zimbabwe has made the business and eco...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 19:44hrs | 3567 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1304 | by Nomazulu Thata
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2753 | by Israel Dube
Advocate Miriam Tose Majome: noch etwas, noch etwas!!
I read your articles with great interest because I know there is a message always for me to take home with. Your last two articles; "Public Drinking and Educated Fools" and "Black Business and Superst...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1312 | by Nomazulu Thata
Black business and superstition
SUPERSTITIOUS beliefs and practices have negative consequences and thus need to be curbed to avoid society breaking down into medieval mayhem, something which is quite easy to do as illustrated in the...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:01hrs | 1143 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Man 'hires hitman to kill dad'
A MAN from Binga who allegedly hired a Zambian hitman to kill his father whom he accused of causing the death of his sister through witchcraft has been arrested. Fullback Mugande (45) of Nseng...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:29hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Man kills 86-year-old granny over witchcraft
A MAN from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly beating up his girlfriend's 86-year-old grandmother to death with a log after accusing her of bewitching him.Matabeleland South provincial p...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:03hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Inviting hyenas to a sheep's party
Someone somewhere in Zimbabwe is currently praying incessantly that the plague that is coronavirus somehow finds its way into the country in order for the envisaged resultant fatalities to eloquently ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:17hrs | 243 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Manhood disappeared I dumped a married woman'
IN a case of suspected witchcraft, a businessman lost his manhood after bedding a married woman in Botswana.Musafare Garutsa approached police on Saturday with the intention to lodge a report ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 3249 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa wanted to remove Mugabe using witchcraft'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wanted to use witchcraft, the dreaded Central Intelligence organization and the army to unseat President Robert Mugabe since the early formation of the Zimbabwe nation-sta...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 14:05hrs | 3390 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 16142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt has a history of sponsoring lawless since 1980
The notorious militia gang in Zimbabwe popularly known as MaShurugwi that is going around across the country terrorising people in both rural and urban areas is nothing new and certainly it's governme...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 222 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Man crushes father's head with huge rock
AN 83-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo died yesterday morning after he was bludgeoned with huge boulders by his son who accused him of withcraft following an argument over tenants' rentals. Thabani ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father over witchcraft claims
In a bizare incident that has left residents of Ntumbane shell-shocked this morning a Bulawayo man gruesomely murdered his father with a brickWitnesses said Thabani Ncube fatally pelted his fa...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 13:34hrs | 2375 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt engages inyanga over goblins
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has sought the assistance of traditional leaders and healers to cast away goblins that terrorised teachers at Ntenjane Primary School in Bulilima, Matab...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:34hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
Family in nasty fight over witchcraft
A NASTY fight has rocked a family at a plot in Fairbridge in Bulawayo with accusations of witchcraft flying among family members. A sick Ndaniso Ndlovu who was being represented by his son Nko...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:41hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Catholic Bishops calls for emergency relief
CATHOLIC Bishops from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi have called for emergency relief and offered "solidarity and spiritual proximity" to the three countries in the wake of hunger, political challenges a...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:09hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Prison boss bans praying in tongues
THE case of a prison guard's spirit allegedly haunting Khami Prison Complex by manifesting through one of his alleged killers, the wife of a prison officer, has taken a nasty twist following reports t...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:59hrs | 2670 | by Staff reporter
These are heinous crimes against humanity
Reading Bulawayo24 almost every day one is shocked by the heinous crimes committed in this region of Mthwakazi: crimes against humanity are perpetrated by those very people who are Mthwakazian themsel...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 522 | by Nomazulu Thata
Marry seeks ruling enforcement against Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry, pictured, has filed an application seeking to implement a High Court order allowing her access to her children, matrimonial home and cars pe...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 14:40hrs | 4452 | by Staff reporter
Marry throws Chiwenga under the bus
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has thrown another salvo at her husband, claiming the retired military commander is a dangerous character who uses the army to deal with pe...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:17hrs | 11946 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, wife act to end feud
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry are close to striking an out-of-court settlement that will allow the former model access to her children, cars and matrimonial home, th...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:28hrs | 865 | by Staff rpeorter
Witchcraft, power in Zimbabwe politics
CHIPINGE is some small district in the south east of Zimbabwe, on the edge of the Mozambican border, well known not for its scenic environment, cooler temperatures or the tropical rainforests of Mt Se...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:24hrs | 341 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chiwenga eats humble pie
AFTER a captivating month where Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife, Marry, threw brickbats at each other in riveting court applications in their ongoing divorce proceedings, th...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:30hrs | 14757 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga acutely paranoid and under influence of drugs'
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga goes through most days high on prescription drugs and suffers acute paranoia, his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa has told the High Court as both sides trade dirt in...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1829 | by ZimLive
Marry's juju traumatised the children, says Chiwenga
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has accused his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa of engaging in witchcraft and using juju, a development which traumatized their kids.In court papers filed at t...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:47hrs | 4528 | by theanchor
Man kills aunt over witchcraft
A BINGA man waylaid his aunt while she was coming from the river to fetch water before allegedly assaulting her to death for allegedly bewitching him. Tutambulye Munkuli (25) of Lusulu area al...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 13:38hrs | 1833 | by Staff Reporter
Teen girl up for murder
AN 18-year-old girl and her accomplice were hauled to court for allegedly fatally assaulting a neighbour accusing her of witchcraft.Vennah Tagura of Nyamadzawo and Raster Taguta ( 27) appeared...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 18:59hrs | 5279 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe church and political leaders blaspheming the name of God are condemning themselves and the nation!
If there is anything I find utterly repulsive, disgraceful, and unacceptable in this entire world, are people who bring the name of the Almighty Jehovah God - our hallowed Creator - into disrepute, an...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1083 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Do not give the devil undeserved 'credit'
For sure witchcraft and witches do exist for different reasons and purposes. Just like thieves and robbers (another type of witchcraft), they are a menace to society and communities at large. ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:06hrs | 1482 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Grace Mugabe was 'extremely crude and vulgar', says Tshinga Dube
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's language was foul, vulgar and stinking to the heavens, a sign of immaturity in politics, veteran freedom fighter and former Cabinet Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Du...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 09:59hrs | 5987 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans caught in witchcraft practices in the UK
Zimbabweans in the UK have totally refused to abandon their beliefs in Witchcraft lucky charms and in superstitions. They have carried their beliefs in the United Kingdom and created a world of supers...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 9599 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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