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THE BAR, THE BEER, THE BABY AND THE MURDER

Couple had a history of domestic violence, say neighbours Shortly before her death, she breastfed her baby in the bar Husband said he wanted to die after realising she was dead Mutare’s Chikanga township left in shock by murder case

CITY LOVE TRIANGLE GETS VERY MESSY AS 2 WOMEN EXCHANGE INSULTS

A MESSY battle between two women, who are in a love triangle which also features prominent Harare business executive, Dr David Madzikanda, has slipped into court amid sensational accusations of witchcraft. Mutseriwa Madzikanda says she is one of the...

GUN-TOTING MAN, WHO BRANDISED A GUN AT A SCHOOLS’ RUGBY MATCH, IDENTIFIED AS A BYO BUSINESSMAN

THE man, who is being accused of brandishing a gun during a schools’ rugby showdown in Harare on Saturday, is a Bulawayo businessman who, among other ventures, has run the Matopos Sailing Club. Lotshe Yuri Rodgers Mangena, 50, the man at the centre of...

IT’S NEGLIGENCE, MAGISTRATE FIRES FIRST SHOTS AS BUDIRIRO SEWAGE TRAGEDY SPILLS INTO THE COURTS

A HARARE magistrate has said that the death of three people, who drowned in an uncovered sewage pit which was left uncovered and abandoned for FIVE months by City of Harare employees, was an act of NEGLIGENCE. The tragedy occured in...

ARMED ROBBERS STRUCK 1,282 TIMES IN ZIM LAST YEAR

POLICE have revealed that they recorded 1,340 armed robbery cases in the country in 2024 and the numbers fell to 1,282 cases last year. Police national spokesperson, Commisioner Paul Nyathi, said although this represents a slight decrease, the figures...

DID A MOTHER DREAM ABOUT SON’S DEATH IN GWERU KOMBI TRAGEDY?

A WOMAN, whose son died in an inferno after a kombi caught fire in Gweru on Wednesday, says she had a disturbing dream the night before the accident. Seven pupils died in the fireball. Siphiwe Karingira told her friend, Nokhuthula Ngwenya, that in...

THREE TODDLERS SNATCHED, TWO FOUND, REUNITED WITH THEIR MUM, ONE STILL MISSING

I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, SAYS CAPTAIN RAMBO, AS HE BREAKS DOWN AFTER RETRIEVING THREE BODIES FROM BUDIRIRO POOL OF DEATH

FOR eighteen years, Victor Kazembe, popularly known as ‘Coach Rambo’, has been retrieving bodies. But, he has never seen anything like what confronted him when he dived into a sewage-filled pool in Budiriro 3. He retrieved three bodies at once in an...

TWO FRIENDS, TWO SIMILAR TRAGIC DEATHS ON HARARE’S STREETS, TWO MONTHS APART

A HARARE businessman was hit and killed by a car in EXACTLY the same circumstances, and on EXACTLY the same day of the week and roughly the same time of the day, as his business partner, who died two months ago. Innocent Murauro, also known as Shumba...

SEVEN QUEENS, AN OCEAN OF DREAMS AS BEAUTY TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN H-TOWN

SEVEN national queens will be crowned at what will be Zimbabwe’s biggest pageantry night in Harare tomorrow night. Eighteen contestants will battle for top honours in the grand finale of the Miss Universe Zimbabwe. The show is set for the Harare...

DARING SEX WORKER BREAKS INTO CLIENT’S CITY FLAT, STEALS US$1,5K VALUABLES, INCLUDING TWO LAPTOPS

A DARING commercial sex worker allegedly broke into an apartment of her regular client in the Avenues area, stole valuables worth US$1,550, and then tried to seduce a security guard to let her get away with the loot. The loot included two...

PATTRICIA JACK BACK IN CUSTODY, IT’S NOW BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE A SONG THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON REPEAT

If you have read this before in this newspaper, and you think we’ve made a mistake by repeating an earlier story that we carried, we can totally understand your feelings. The only problem is that you are wrong. It’s the same person but a different...

TAXI DRIVER TRAPPED IN HOUSE, BASHED BY AUNT FOR PESTERING TEENAGE SCHOOLGIRL FOR SEX

A TAXI driver, accused of allegedly trying to charm a 15-yearold schoolgirl into having sex with him, was lured into a trap by the aunt of the minor who then bashed him inside her house. The bashing was recorded on video. The incident happened inside...

HUBBY USES A SPADE TO KILL HIS WIFE, FABRICATES CLAIMS SHE HAD A LOVER

A MAN used a spade to kill his wife by repeatedly striking her and delivering devastating injuries to the body and skull in a vicious and barbaric assault that has shaken a quiet rural community. Elias Tasiyana has been sentenced to TWENTY FIVE years...

WOMAN MISSING FOR 20 YEARS

. . . The family believes the missing woman is living somewhere in Harare

SERIAL KILLER MUVEVI GETS FOUR LIFE TERMS IN JAIL, JOINS A GLOBAL OF HALL OF INFAMY

FORMER police detective, Jaison Muvevi, who has been sentenced to FOUR LIFE TERMS for killing four people, has joined a Hall of Infamy whose membership includes heartless killers from South Africa to the United States. Muvevi was handed an additional...

MAN, WHO DATED A DOCTOR FOR FOUR YEARS, IMPREGNATED HER BUT THEN CHOSE NOT TO MARRY HER, TO PAY US$6,3K IN DAMAGES

A YOUNG medical doctor, who was impregnated by a lover she claims promised to marry her before their relationship collapsed, will receive a US$6,300 compensation for damages and financial strain. The High Court rejected Nancy Fungai Tsuro’s claims...

WE AGREED ON 80 POLICE OFFICERS, 35 SECURITY GUARDS, 90 MARSHALS FOR THE BIG MATCH, SAYS PSL CEO

THE Premier Soccer League say they agreed with Hardrock to have 80 police officers, 35 private security guards and 90 marshals during their showdown with Dynamos at Chahwanda Stadium on Sunday. The match was abandoned because of crowd trouble. There...

SHE CRAWLED OUT OF HER BURNING HOUSE BUT GOGO’S NIGHTMARE HAS JUST STARTED

GOGO Vaidah Murahwa might soon be getting a helping hand, with her house being rebuilt, but she says the nightmare from that incident has scarred her for life. The 75-year-old is lucky to alive after she was forced to crawl out of her burning house...

COUNT DRACULA!

YOU can call him COUNT DRACULA! Of course, Shepherd Severa is still a suspect, even though police claim he confessed to his chilling crime. But, what has propelled him into the headlines is a chilling throwback to the age of Count Dracula - the main...

IT’S GOOD RIDDANCE OF HUMAN RUBBISH

GURUVE rapist Anymore Zvitsva will spend, at least, 89 years in jail in the latest tough sanctions handed to criminals this year. So far, seven armed robbers have already been hit with combined 785 years in prison. Zvitsva, who pleaded guilty to ten...

EX-WARRIORS STAR BHASERA LOSES US$12K STUFFED IN TENNIS SHOES, CASH BOX

SOUTH AFRICA-based footballer, Onismor Bhasera, lost at least US$12,000 cash at his Greenside home in Mutare at the weekend. Two men, who are believed to have been given keys to the house by Bhasera’s daughter, have been arrested in connection with...

INMATES CAN NOW ATTEND WEDDINGS, FUNERALS AND LOBOLA CEREMONIES

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services has said there is nothing irregular with its decision to allow an inmate, who is serving a four-year jail sentence for robbery, to attend her daughter’s lobola ceremony. The inmate, Sarah Simango, was...

THE WHIZZ-KID ON A GRAND MISSION TO PLAY A PART IN BATTLES AGAINST CANCER

A WHIZZ-KID, who scored 35 points after sitting for seven subjects at A-Level, says part of his grand mission, when he becomes a doctor, is to find ways of helping those who are working to find cures for various cancers. Simeon Maganga completed his...

TWO CONTROVERIAL SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATORS, A HOSPITAL ROOM, A CELLPHONE, A THUMB AND AN EVIL ACT TO INFLICT DAMAGE

CONTROVERSIAL social media influencer, Evangelica Sandie, allegedly took advantage of Pattricia Jack’s unconscious state on her hospital bed, to use the latter’s thumbprint to gain access into her mobile phone. Pattricia Jack, who is also a...

I RAPED, ROBBED AND EVEN TRIED TO KILL THEM, A SMILING ZVITSVA TELLS THE COURT

MULTIPLE homicide suspect, Anymore Zvitsva, was smiling in court as he pleaded guilty to TEN counts of attempted murder, rape and robbery. Of the ten charges, five are attempted murder, four are rape and one count of robbery. He will be tried for the...

MAN ABUSES A NUMBER OF BABIES IN AN ELABORATE SCHEME TO DUPE MOTORISTS IN HARARE’S CBD AREA

A MAN has been abusing a number of babies, whom he claims to be his kids, to deceive motorists in the Harare CBD into giving him money. He lies to the motorists that he urgently needs money to take care of the kids’ “health complications.” The man...

EIGHT DAYS UNDERGROUND: MINER SURVIVES ON URINE AS FRIEND DIES BESIDE HIM

A 23-year-old miner, who survived eight days trapped underground after a tunnel collapse, says he became so desperate that he contemplated eating his own feces to stay alive. Pardon Ruvengo, an employee at Guernsey Gold Mine in Goromonzi, recounted...

YAHYA PULLS A BIG SHOCKER

FOR years, Mitchel Mutongwizo, who is popularly known as Yahya Goodvibes, has been the woman who made Zimbabwe laugh. A burst of colour on timelines, a comedian with a DJ’s rhythm, a socialite whose skits could turn an ordinary day into a shared...

MAN FOOLS KOMBI OWNERS, USES VEHICLE TO STEAL GOATS

A MAN fooled owners of a kombi that he wanted to hire their vehicle for a three-day road trip to Mutare when his real intentions were to steal goats in rural areas in Mashonaland Central. Robert Jaisi of Epworth hired the kombi from Pauline Sandra...

GWEKWERERE CONFIRMS BEATING HIS WIFE NATASHA AFTER ROW OVER A LOVER

EVANS Gwekwerere has confirmed that he had a nasty fallout with his wife Natasha Kaira Green, leading to an altercation, and their marriage is OVER. The former Dynamos star exclusively told H-Metro that he beat up Natasha after he discovered text...

DREAM ON DEMBARE!

It's the biggest cash incentive, at least US$200, 000 which could go into getting them a state-of-theart team coach, which Dynamos have played for in 90 minutes on the local scene in their 63-year-old history. We have come up with two buses which we...

WHAT KIND OF A MAN CAN USE A KITCHEN KNIFE TO KILL WIFE AND HIS PREGNANT DAUGHTER?

THE City of Kadoma is reeling from shock after a man allegedly used a kitchen knife to repeatedly stab and kill his daughter, who was nine months pregnant, before turning the weapon on his wife, who was stabbed on the neck. The tragedy has left a...

ARE THEY GHOSTS?

“I mean, the point is that someone, somewhere, knows these guys whose photos have been released and we thought these people would come forward and help the police. They have friends from school, these guys know their names, these guys know where they...

HILLARY MAKAYA: ZIM’S MOST BEAUTIFUL SOCIAL MEDIA STAR

WHO is Zimbabwe’s MOST BEAUTIFUL social media star? It’s a very tough contest, and it’s always going to be very controversial. But, this does not mean that we can’t come up with the woman we believe is the MOST BEAUTIFUL. We know some missiles will...

GUARDS OR CITY SLAVES?

SECURITY guards, who lost a colleague who was killed during an armed robbery in Westgate, are living in deplorable conditions at a property owned by the businessman who runs the firm. The security guards work for Strike Security Company. Their...

FATAL ATTRACTION AS SOME WOMEN GO CRAZY ONLINE OVER ‘CUTE’ ARMED ROBBER

That was the verdict of some of our readers, who appear to be women, after we published the image of a man who police suspect is one of a gang of armed robbers. The armed robbers have been terrorising residents of Mabelreign, Malborough and Westgate...

HILLBROW: THE GATES OF HELL

He says the area where Thabetha was killed is known as one of the hottest violent crime spots in Hillbrow

FAMILY LOSES ITS MAIN BREADWINNER

ALL EYES ON LANDMARK CASE AS ROW OVER MAINTENANCE SPILLS INTO CONCOURT

MADAM BOSS, MAI TT, DJ TOWERS, RITZ UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT IN TAX BLITZ

THE country’s social media influencers, and other online content creators, who are earning thousands of dollars from platforms such as YouTube and Facebook, have been put on notice to regularise their tax affairs. Yesterday, the Zimbabwe Revenue...

IT’S STENCH OR SALARY PERKS?

THE COMPANY SAYS . . . We employ over 1,000 employees at our firm right now We’ve been operating in the area for more than 25 years The Civil Court has no jurisdiction to cancel our licence

ZIM WOMAN, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN JOBURG CBD MURDER CAUGHT ON CAMERA, IDENTIFIED

THE Zimbabwean woman, who was shot twice from close range and died instantly in the crime-infested Johannesburg Central Business District, has been identified as Tabeth Chidziva. Tabeth’s murder was caught on camera. It’s a chilling cold blood murder...

MEN ARE BEING WARNED!

MEN are being warned: don’t be fooled by a baby’s eyes, ears or complexion — it might NOT be your child! In the game of "Who's the Father," facial features are a trap — only science can tell the truth! The streets of Bulawayo are buzzing with a scary...

MAN KILLS BROTHER WITH AXE IN BEER-FUELLED DISPUTE

A BUHERA family has been left shattered after a 46-year-old man allegedly murdered his younger brother with an axe following a dispute that reportedly started during a beer-drinking spree. Acting Manicaland police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector...

TICH MATAZ IN COURT

Veteran broadcaster Tichafa Augustine Matambanadzo appeared in court yesterday accused of culpable homicide dating back to 2024 when he allegedly ran over a pedestrian killing him instantly. Matambanadzo (56), was not asked to plead when he appeared...

BORDER CRACKDOWN GROUNDS BUSES AT BEITBRIDGE

SCORES of buses were stuck at the Beitbridge Border Post yesterday as authorities intensified inspections on undeclared goods, disrupting travel and business operations. Officials from Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) are conducting thorough...

SPIRIT MEDIUM WHO BELIEVES IN SWAGGER

POPULAR spirit medium and Star FM cultural commentator, Memory Madambure says she will continue practising and teaching the younger generations the traditional African way of life. Better known as Gogo Chihoro, she still believes African culture is...

JAILED FAKE DOCTOR SPEAKS

LAWYER’S DECEIT

▪ 12 months behind bars for trust betrayal ▪ US$10k deadline: repay or face jail extension

BARNA’S FAMILY ENDS BURIAL DRAMA

Kadoma has won the emotional tug-of-war over the final resting place of Orchestra Mberikwazvo’s energetic drummer and backing vocalist, Barnabas “Barna” Mandipota. After tense family deliberations and shifting plans, Barna will now be buried today at...

BIZARRE PRISON SWAP OFFER LEAVES MIKE CHIMOMBE IN SHOCK

JAILED businessman Mike Chimombe says he was stunned by the bizarre offer from a man who offered to serve the remainder of his 12-year jail term while he gets his freedom. Now, he wants to meet him. Lawrence Dhairo, 48, made the strange offer and...

GOODBYE RON’S FAMILY, WE ALL FEEL THE PAIN

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona, has hit out at people who take photographs at accident scenes, for circulation on social media, instead of helping the victims. He was speaking in the Zabe area in Ward 3 of Chikomba...

ANDY MURIDZO’S EX-MANAGER OFFERS 66 CENTS A DAY FOR THE UPKEEP OF TWO CHILDREN

ANDY Muridzo’s former manager, Onisimo Saini, has offered to pay US$10, a month, which translates to about 33 cents a day, for the upkeep of each of his two children. Saini is 33 years old. It could not be establish yesterday whether he took his age...

TEACHERS FROM HELL

TWO rogue teachers, who took turns to viciously assault a student on a bus during a school trip, could face criminal charges. The Government has recommended that the parents of the schoolboy, who was attacked, should report the case to the...

MAVIS IS A FRAUDSTER AND SHE HAS A PASSION FOR IT

MAVIS Java Madzivanza, the sister of Prophet Passion Java, was yesterday jailed for FIVE years for selling nine non-existent stands. She faces more legal woes as she has a pending case in which she is facing theft of trust property charges. Java, was...

AS TEENAGE TAKES THE FALL, WHO ELSE WAS DRINKING WHISKY IN THAT HOTEL ROOM?

AS Teenage Hadebe serves his onematch suspension for sneaking a bottle of whisky into camp, a big question still needs to be asked: WAS HE THE ONLY ONE WHO BROKE THE RULES? The FC Cincinnati centreback will miss the Mukuru 4Nations final against...

MONSTERS?

These three people, who are being accused of viciously attacking a nine-year-old Zimbabwean girl into a state of unconsciousness before putting her into a plastic bucket, as they waited for her to die in Windhoek, Namibia, returned to court on Friday....

FAMILY TRAGEDY AS MAN STABS BROTHER TO DEATH

A MAN is being accused of stabbing and killing his brother after a dispute, which is said to have started at a farm in Banket, last week. Brendon and Gideon Chirawu, two brothers from Greystone Park in Harare, were involved in the dispute, which...

PREGNANT WOMAN DIES AT SHRINE, HER GRANDMA ACCUSES HER FAMILY OF TRYING TO CONCEAL HER DEATH

A FAMILY is being accused of attempting to hide the death of its daughter who allegedly died from pregnancy-related complications at a shrine in Goromonzi. Roseline Tamary Takawira, 24, died last month. Her family are members of an Apostolic sect. Her...

SHUT THE DIRTY MOUTHS OF MALLOTI AND HUBBY, SAYS MP

CONTROVERSIAL artists Hulungende and Malloti have come under fire from a legislator who accuses them of, among other things, using drugs in the presence of their toddler. The concerns related to the two artists’ controversial conduct, particularly the...

RITUALS AT TOWN HOUSE AS DEAD BIRD, CAT FAECES DUMPED AT HARARE CITY’S NEW CHAMBER SECRETARY’S OFFICE

THERE was drama at Town House yesterday after suspected juju rituals were allegedly conducted outside the office and parking bay of newly-appointed Harare City Council chamber secretary, Warren Chiwawa. Mr Chiwawa was appointed the city chamber...

A ROW WITH A BROTHER WHO SQUANDERED A PART OF HIS LOOT LEADS TO THE ARREST OF A GANG MEMBER IN US$2,7M BANK HEIST

A SUSPECT, who has been on the run since 2021 after the US$2,7 million ZB Bank robbery, has been nabbed after he was betrayed by his brother who squandered part of his loot from the heist. Alfred Shumba had been hiding in South Africa since his gang...

LYSHANDA IS MARRIED, HER HUSBAND LIVES IN THE UK, SHE CHOSE TO STAY HOME!

REIGNING Miss Universe Zimbabwe Lyshanda Moyas’ stunning beauty has, naturally, attracted thousands of admirers. They include men who dream of having her as their girlfriend, or even their wife. The 27-year-old beauty queen, model and nurse from...

WITCHCRAFT!

Mario snubs in-form Marshall Munetsi ONCE AGAIN from the Warriors’ squad After an ‘injury’ was used to sideline him from AFCON, what’s the reason now? A man, said to be Munetsi’s brother, has urged the midfielder to quit the Warriors Some ‘Justice...

SATANIC DAD RAPES FIVEYEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TWICE, THEN KILLS HER

A MABVUKU man allegedly raped his five-year-old daughter TWICE before suffocating her with a blanket. Kudakwashe Monga, 36, allegedly raped her twice without protection before killing her. He appeared in court yesterday charged with murder. He was...

MOTHER KILLS SON,5, FAILS IN HER BID TO KILL HERSELF

A WOMAN killed her five-year-old son, after giving him rat poison, which she also took, saying she wanted both of them to die so they could “end their suffering.” Hazel Makuyana, a 26-year-old from Epworth, is alleged to have killed her son Mukudzeyi,...

IT’S AN OLD CRIME, IT’S NOT MUTUAL, RAPIST BOSS GETS 15 YEARS

MUSA Nyasha David Manyika was a high-flying executive on the path to the top of the corporate ladder at financial services giant Old Mutual. But two moments of lust-induced weakness have ruined all that and he will spend the next 15 years in...

SUNGURA’S NAMA SNUB RILES CHESO’ CAMP

SUPERSTAR Alick Macheso’s camp has broken its silence amid growing outrage over the controversial decision to drop sungura from the 24th edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs). The shock exclusion of the genre, long regarded as one of...

COLTART TORCHES CHEVRONS RACISM STORM AFTER SHOCKING SOCIAL BEN CURRAN CLAIMS ON X

FORMER Sports Minister David Coltart has torched yet another explosive racism storm in Zimbabwe cricket – just days after the Chevrons enjoyed their best run at the T20 World Cup. The Chevrons transformed themselves into the toast of the country with...

IS RITZ MORE POPULAR THAN JAH PRAYZAH OR IT’S JUST A ‘FAKE’ RESULT?

IS Ritz Mcleish the SECOND most popular artist in Zimbabwe right now? Is she more popular than Jah Prayzah? These are not questions being asked by a madman. These are questions which have been provoked by the stunning results in the race for the NAMA...

BROTHERS JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS FOR A CRIME THEY DIDN’T COMMIT

TWO brothers – Chrispen and Taurai Sanyatwe – served FOUR years in jail for a crime they didn’t commit. Convicted of stock theft in 2021, the brothers from Rusape were branded criminals and sent to prison. One of them is a police officer. Their...

COP 'KILLER' GANG STOLE US$15