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Prophetess orders congregants to exhume dead body
Police in Mvurwi on Friday arrested a Johanne Masowe prophetess and her four accomplices after she ordered them to exhume a three months old infant.The prophetess Pelagia Chingwena (35) told t...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 09:00hrs | 3588 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy found dead in school toilet
An unidentified boy was on Monday found dead in a girl's toilet at Ntutha Primary school, Bulawayo.Details on circumstances leading to his death are yet to be established as the police are inv...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Latest on 5 dead bodies found on Mukumbura mountain
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has released names of the five people that were discovered dead on the Mavhuradonha Mountains over the weekend. The names were released after their next of kin identified ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 17:01hrs | 3375 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Five dead bodies found by hunter
Five people have been found dead at Mavhuradonha Mountain by a hunter after they had gone missing on November 03 2021.It is alleged that a woman (29), visited her mother (69) together with her...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 11:39hrs | 5422 | by Alice Mangwanda
11-year-old kills self
A Grade Six pupil from Chitungwiza who allegedly committed suicide has been buried at Zororo Memorial Park.It is understood that the 11-year-old Harley, might not have taken lightly the reprim...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Two shot dead answering call of nature
Two men were shot dead while relieving themselves in separate incidents in Gweru and Kadoma, while a body of another man was found with gunshot wounds along the Limpopo River in Beitbridge....Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead...thrown inside Limpopo river
The ZRP has reported that it is investigating circumstances surrounding a murder case which occurred in Beitbridge where a body of a male adult was found at the confluence of Limpopo River and Mzingwa...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 14:46hrs | 3080 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gutu man commits suicide after murdering girlfriend
A man from Gutu in Masvingo committed suicide a few days after he attacked his girlfriend with a stone who later died.The man attacked the woman over rumours of cheating. Shepherd Dzivakwe of ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:10hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
It's a cruel world for black people
So the world decided to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, last week to try and save the planet from what we are told could be an imminent apocalypse caused by rising global temperatures.Well, Bisho...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:08hrs | 124 | by Bishop Lazarus
Chiweshe man kills self over US$10 debt
A 24-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man committed suicide on Wednesday by consuming a pesticide mixed with alcohol over a US$10 debt.Justice Muza (2...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 284 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills wife, hides body on mountain top
A 60-year-old Macheke man has been arrested on allegations of beating his wife to death with a belt following a domestic dispute before hiding the body on top of a mountain near a farm in the area to ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Stepdad kills three-year-old baby
A three-year-old toddler died after he was allegedly assaulted by his stepfather.In a statement, national police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Nyathi confirmed the incident which occurr...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 19:44hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
MDC; ZANU PF battle to control Zhombe
The opposition MDC Alliance and the ruling party ZANU PF are reportedly embroiled in a vicious territorial battle to control the rural outskirts of Zhombe district. Information reaching this r...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 14:31hrs | 1298 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man blows self up with dynamite
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the death of a mental health patient who was found dead in his bedroom at Hope Fountain on Friday.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednic...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:03hrs | 843 | by Staff Reporter
3 held over murder of Bulawayo businessman
POLICE yesterday said they had intensified investigations into the case in which they have arrested three suspects who were part of a gang that murdered a Bulawayo businessman before ransacking his ho...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Missing juvenile found dead
A 12-year old girl from Shamva who went missing on July 28 was found dead on a mountain last Thursday. The body of Alana Topo was ...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 17:30hrs | 1719 | by Lloyd Rabaya/ Simbarashe Sithole
Fired MSU lecturer found dead
A MIDLANDS State University philosophy lecturer, Ishmael Jeko, was found dead in his house last Friday.Jeko was vice-president of Midlands State University Lecturers Association (MSULA)....Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 6065 | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop took out 16 policies on boyfriend
THE former police officer accused of murdering six of her relatives testified on Thursday that she had taken out 16 policies on her boyfriend amounting to more than R400 000. Nomia Rosemary Nd...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Retired colonel found dead
Retired Colonel Patrick Tawona Maponga was found dead at his home in Magunje on Tuesday morning.He was 60. The late Maponga lost his wife early this year.A former freedom fighter, join...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 9476 | by Staff reporter
Missing man found dead in a well
A 93-YEAR-OLD Madziwa man who was missing for two days was finally found dead in a deep well on Wednesday.According to Mashonaland Cent...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 01:35hrs | 1188 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe Police concerned about rising murder cases
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over rising murder cases, some of which stem from trivial disputes that could be easily resolved without resorting to violence.This fol...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 779 | by Staff Reporter
Police seek help to identify dead woman
POLICE in Bulawayo have appealed to members of the public to help identify the woman who was found dead yesterday morning at the corner of George Silundika and 10th Avenue in the city centre.Bulaw...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 14:33hrs | 1127 | by Staff Reporter
Isn't it interesting that those used by ZANU PF to do its dirty muderous work always seem to meet an unenviable tragic end?
One of the trending news pieces sending tongues wagging since yesterday has been the recent tragic and most unfortunate suicide of a state intelligence operative, who is believed to have planted secre...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 18:17hrs | 1440 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man found dead in Makokoba
A Bulawayo man was found dead in Makokoba Suburb on Saturday.Neighbours said the man, whose name is being withheld until his next of kin have been notified, was found lying lifeless along 8th ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:34hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
How Prophet TB Joshua died
The Nigeria televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua, one of Africa's most popular televangelists who was known as T.B. Joshua died at 57 on Sunday.Some of his believers claim the preacher alread...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:27hrs | 3751 | by Staff reporter
Harrowing murders by Zimbabweans in Diaspora
ENGLAND does not change people but it brings out what people were hiding all along. In five years I've been here, 30 Zimbabweans have become uxoricides. Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" and -...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:13hrs | 659 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Late Bulawayo lawyer found with gun in his hand
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said prominent lawyer Norman James Pattison (54), who was found dead at his home in Bradfield on Tuesday, was holding a gun at the time, raising suspicion that he may have...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Baby pops out of a burst sewer
IN a suspected case of infanticide, a baby was on Saturday found dead in a burst sewer at Lobengula Primary School, police have confirmed.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills hubby
A 25-YEAR-OLD Gweru woman has been arrested on murder charges after she allegedly scalded her husband with boiling oil following a misunderstanding over infidelity.The husband later died while...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1581 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for hubby murder
A 25- year- old Gweru woman has been arrested on murder charges after she allegedly scalded her husband with boiling oil following a misunderstanding over infidelity.The husband later died whi...Published: 28 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after being scalded with cooking oil
A 27-year-old man from Hertfordshire suburb in Gweru died after being scalded with boiling cooking oil by his wife following a misunderstanding.Zimbabwe Republic Police Midlands spokesperson I...Published: 28 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Missing 81-year-old man found dead
A Polygamous 81-year-old from Zvishavane who had been reported missing was found dead in a bushy area in a suspected murder case.A passerby found the body of Patrick Shoko which was burnt from...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 2372 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead, relatives sought
AN unidentified man was found dead in Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb.Police have called on members of the public with missing male relatives to come forward and assist in identifying the body....Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:42hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Corpse found in Pumula North
AN unidentified man was found dead in Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb.Police have called on members of the public with missing male relatives to come forward and assist in identifying the body....Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe breathes fire to cops
Police commanders have been directed to immediately put to an end the rampant child kidnappings, ritual killings, traffic chaos caused by pirate taxis and general armed robberies targeting families an...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Harare Rainbow Towers missing man found dead in elevator
A businessman who disappeared mysteriously during a party at the Harare International Conference Centre on May 5 has been found dead in a non-functioning elevator, ZimLive can reveal.Givemore ...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:32hrs | 2733 | by Staff reporter
Woman stoned to death
Police in Gweru are investigating a murder case in which a 52 year-old woman was found dead along a footpath near Gweru' Megawat complex.Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emma...Published: 10 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma in court over trio's death
The three people recently found dead at Bata Farm in Bindura were allegedly poisoned by two traditional healers they had consulted to perform money-making rituals. The trio was later strangled to deat...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Missing miner's dead body found with missing parts
A Mvurwi based artisanal miner who has been missing for two months was found dead and his body floating in Pembi dam with missing body parts on Tuesday....Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 676 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 pupils murdered, dumped in a toilet pit
TWO Grade 1 pupils from Mbaza Primary School in Nyanga were allegedly killed on their way from school on Tuesday and their bodies were dumped in a disused toilet pit about 2km from the school....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:57hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo newspaper vendor killed
A NEWSPAPER vendor in Bulawayo was found dead with his privates ripped open, metres from his home in the early hours of Wednesday. Farai Mazhindu popularly known in Luveve as Dread or Rasta wa...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Guard beheaded, body burnt with tyres
IN a gruesome murder that has shocked residents in the faming town of Chiredzi, a security guard was murdered, his head cut off before the rest of the body was thrown at a scrap yard and burnt with ty...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Violent death in Emganwini
AN unidentified man, who appeared to have been brutally assaulted was found dead in front of a house in Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo yesterday morning, ratcheting up distress in a community that says ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Kabila's general flees to Zimbabwe
An army general under the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former President Joseph Kabila has fled to Zimbabwe, according to reports from the mineral-rich country.This comes as...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 7167 | by Staff reporter
Missing taxi driver found dead near Falcon College
A TAXI driver from Esigodini who went missing on March 15 after being hired by an unknown client has been found dead in the Falcon area. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspe...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Imbiber found dead near stream
A 51-YEAR-OLD Guruve imbiber was found dead near a stream after taking too much of brand beer.Oliver Kanda of Mumbamuchena village, Chief Chipuriro in Guruve was found dead with a bottle of sc...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1527 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police warn against mob violence
Police have warned members of the public against mob violence on any suspects they apprehend for committing crimes countrywide, as murder cases continue to increase. According to police, the p...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Man beats friend to death in vicious age dispute
A LUPANE man beat his friend to death following an argument on who was older between the two, a court heard.Levison Luphahla (32) of Geleza village was incensed by Khumbulani Tshuma (30)'s ins...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 16:43hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Man kills girl, steals her groceries
A HURUNGWE man was yesterday arrested for allegedly killing a 15-year-old girl and stealing groceries she had bought from nearby shops.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul ...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
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