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EIGHTEEN ROBBERS, WHO RAIDED CHIVAYO’S INLAWS’ FARM, JAILED FOR A COMBINED ONE THOUSAND YEARS

EIGHTEEN men, convicted of raiding businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s in-laws at their Alpha and Omega Farm in Marondera, have been slapped with prison terms totalling a combined ONE THOUSAND YEARS. A substantial portion of the sentences will run...

KARIBA FERRY DISASTER BECOMES ZIM’S DEADLIEST AS TOLL REACHES 92

THE death toll from the RIDA Mbuya Nehanda ferry disaster has risen to 92, making it the country’s deadliest transport tragedy and surpassing the 1991 Nyanga bus disaster which claimed 89 lives, mostly schoolchildren. Yesterday, divers recovered eight...

HULUNGENDE, MALLOTI NABBED AT DOEK AND SLAY

AFTER weeks of short changing event organisers, the errant Zim Dancehall couple Hulungende and Malloti were yesterday arrested soon after their performance at the Doek and Slay gig at Glamis Arena. The couple caused a scene as they resisted arrest,...

KARIBA BOAT DISASTER DEATH TOLL RISES TO 46

The death toll from the Lake Kariba boat disaster has risen to 46, the Zimbabwe Republic Police confirmed yesterday. The latest figure comes as search and recovery efforts continue following the capsizing of the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency...

JOURNEY DOOMED BEFORE FERRY LEFT HARBOUR

THE tragic Kariba ferry disaster made headlines across the world as the death toll reached 44 at the close of efforts to account for missing passengers yesterday. The tragedy has sent shockwaves far beyond Zimbabwe, dominating coverage across some of...

AT LEAST 15 DEAD AS FERRY SINKS

A CASUAL conversation between two men, who were there as a passenger ferry, which capsized on Lake Kariba yesterday killing, at least, a dozen people, left the dock, appears to highlight concerns about the safety of the trip. Among the dead was the...

KURAI IS ‘LAZY’ AND ‘ARROGANT,’ SAYS MUKANYA

Legend says Kurai is obsessed with copying him that he once suggested he wanted to change his surname from Makore to Mapfumo He even joked Kurai will get himself a wheelchair should Mukanya ask his family to get him a wheelchair to help him with his...

CHIMURENGA MUSIC CIVIL WAR RAGES ON

THOMAS Mapfumo’s daughter says Kurai Makore repeatedly IGNORED orders from the legendary Chimurenga musician to stop playing Mukanya’s songs at his shows. Chiedza Mapfumo told H-Metro that the family’s decision to come out in the open, with the...

MANIPULATIVE SADIST MADZIBABA GATHRY SENT TO JAIL FOR 20 YEARS AS RAPE OF A TEENAGER NAILS HIM

MADZIBABA Gathry has been described as a “manipulative sadist” who is a danger to society by a regional magistrate, who jailed him for TWENTY years for raping a teenager. Harare Regional Magistrate Estere Chivasa also sentenced Madzibaba Gathry’s...

BABA HARARE’S ‘DIRTY DANCES,’ SEXUAL SONGS ARE NOT JITI MUSIC

THIS IS NOT JITI, THIS IS MIDNIGHT MUSIC, DOMINATED BY SEXUALLY-SUGGESTIVE LYRICS AND VULGAR INNUENDO THE DANCES ARE NYAU, GULE WAMKHULU, RITUALISTIC MOVEMENTS, A TALE OF CULTURAL VANDALISM DISGUISED AS JITI THE VULGARITY IN THE LYRICS IS NOT...

COUPLE, WHO BROKE INTO NOTHABO’S HOUSE, ONLY TO BE CONFRONTED BY DEATH, WERE HER CLOSE RELATIVES

FOR a moment, just imagine the horror which confronted a couple, which broke into Nothabo Zandile Tshuma’s house in the United Kingdom, only to be met with death. Nothabo (42) and her two children – Natalie (15) and Nala (5) – had been dead for...

MAKOROKOZA INVADE H-TOWN, RUN A SECRET, ILLEGAL MINE IN MARLBOROUGH FOR FOUR YEARS

EIGHT men dug a ten-metre deep shaft in Marlborough, Harare, and ran an illegal mining operation, including blasting activities, in the suburb before police pounced and arrested them on Sunday. They had been running the mine for four...

‘CONVICT HIM!’ STATE URGES COURT TO CONVICT GATHRY FOR RAPE OF MINOR

THE State is urging regional magistrate, Estere Chivasa, to CONVICT controversial prophet, Madzibaba Gathry, who is facing charges of raping a minor at his house. The State is arguing that it has proved every essential element of the rape case beyond...

ACCIDENT CLAIMS TWO COPS

AT least six people died and six others were injured in a road traffic accident that occurred on Wednesday along the Harare–Bulawayo Road, at the Tynwald flyover near Harare Drive junction. Zimbabwe Republic Police Spokesperson Commissioner Paul...

MAN HUMILIATED BY SEX WORKERS

A Milton Park man in Harare was yesterday humiliated by sex workers for failing to pay a negotiated US$20 for services rendered. Identified only as Tony, the man engaged a 19-year-old self-proclaimed sex worker popularly known as Mai Chimwana, at...

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN months

The cheeky businesswoman teased detectives, who wanted to arrest her in connection with a US$624k, ZiG1,2m fraud, in which about 77 people had been duped, by posting her photo with some businessmen in Osaka, Japan, while she was on the run from...

WOMAN CLAIMS MADZIBABA GATHRY USED A GUN TO THREATEN HER FOR BLOCKING HIM FROM RAPING HER KID

THE mother of a girl, who was allegedly raped by Madzibaba Gathry Chirodzero at his home, claims the controversial faith healer threatened her with a gun when she resisted his attempts to rape the minor. Madzibaba Gathry was back in court yesterday...

WOMAN, WHO CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY IN MADRID, BERLIN, ROME, PARIS, SUCKED INTO US$624K, ZiG1,2 MILLION FRAUD

To celebrate her 35th birthday, she spoiled herself by having fun in Paris, Rome, Berlin and Madrid in August last year and updating her social media followers Hazel has already appeared in court facing fraud charges after a number of her clients...

CATHOLIC CONMAN

Questions now being asked as to how this FRAUDSTER penetrated the Catholic Church system to dupe priests and church followers Gano is not the only one – another fake priest, Miguel Ibarra, masqueraded as a Catholic priest for 18 YEARS before being...

14 PEOPLE, ONE SMALL VEHICLE!

Police praise Zimpapers photographer, Nyasha Chawatama, after driver of overloaded mushikashika is arrested and the car is impounded In the spirit of the World Cup, it’s like fitting Spain’s first XI, coach, assistant coach and team manager into one...

HOLY TEN’S UNHOLY ACT

Rapper arrested for allegedly raping girl (14) in his Hatfield bedroom on Monday Sources say the two connected on social media while the girl was in South Africa They say Holy Ten lured her with a promise that he would feature her in his music video

BLOODIED, NAKED MUM ESCAPES DEATH AS MAN KILLS THEIR TWO KIDS

A woman, who was stabbed on the head and the neck by her husband, who later burnt their home, escaped certain death by fleeing to their neighbour’s house, in her naked and bloodied state, before finding refuge at her parents’ home. Her children -...

Tracy Munyaradzi INSISTS she engaged a sangoma who ‘sent a swarm of bees; to attack the TV ‘thief.’

SLAIN ZANDILE’S MUM BREAKS SILENCE

THE mother of slain business executive Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, who died together with her two children at their home in England has, for the first time, spoken about the pain she been enduring since their death. Police in the UK have named Ndodana...

HE SPENT NINE YEARS IN JAIL FOR A RAPE HE DIDN’T COMMIT, NOW SIMBA HAS FOUND TRUE LOVE, BEEN BLESSED WITH A KID

A MAN, who spent nearly a decade in jail after being condemned as a child rapist for a crime he did not commit, has found true love, married the woman of his dreams and has been blessed with a baby boy. Simbarashe Chadiwa, who was sentenced to 18...

A GORY DECADE OF MURDERS IN THE UK AS BOYFRIENDS, HUBBIES STAB AND KILL THEIR PARTNERS

THE murder of Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and her two young daughters, Natalie and Nala, at their home in England has cast the spotlight on Zimbabwean women who have died in domestic violence cases in that country. Zandile was reported to have been going...

TWO PHOTOS, ONE MAN, HOW NINE DAYS IN HELL CHANGED MARK TSHUMA

From bloodshot eyes, dishevelled hair, a haunted look pregnant with distraction and confusion, Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma’s transformation from a high-flying IT executive in London to a suspected killer who became a fugitive on the run from the law...

WOMAN FURIOUS WITH RIVERTON ACADEMY OWNER AFTER SON IS BASHED BY ANOTHER STUDENT

THE mother of a 14-year-old student at Riverton Academy is furious that the school’s authorities allegedly failed to report injuries suffered by their son in a chilling bullying incident. Chido Chiwenga said her son, Makabongwe Magwaliba, sustained a...

WHAT THE HELL HAVE WE BECOME?

BEDFORD, England Ndodana Mkanyisi Tshuma, 45, is being accused of murdering his family — his wife Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and two daughters, Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5, at their home in England last week. Tshuma has fled from the UK and his whereabouts...

KILLER DAD, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE, TWO KIDS AT THEIR ENGLAND HOME, WAS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE

IT’S the family photo that sends shivers down the spine – Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and her two children at the back seat of a car, their infectious smiles a powerful exhibition of their happiness. Her two kids, Natalie, 15, and five-year-old Nala,...

WE’VE MANY JONASI GOMORAS IN HARARE

The novel inspired Netflix hit series ‘The Polygamist’ Jonasi Gomora is the series’ flawed lead character

DIVINE INTERVENTION AS ZIM STAR SURVIVES GUN ATTACK IN JOZI

Warriors star DIVINE LUNGA is lucky to be alive after his BMW was shot at by a suspected gang of armed robbers in Johannesburg on Sunday. The windscreen of the BMW shows that a number of bullets hit the car, which the Mamelodi Sundowns defender was...

WHY MUKANYA COULD ACCEPT CHIVAYO’S STAGGERING US$1,5M OFFER FOR TWO HOME SHOWS

IT’S being called the OFFER OF THE CENTURY – a staggering US$1,5 million package for legendary musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo from businessman Wicknell Chivayo. While congratulating Jah Prayzah on his 39th birthday on Saturday, Chivayo dropped a...

ONE MILLION DOLLAR MAN?

Jah Prayzah turns 39 tomorrow and, as has become the norm, he is set to be showered with presents by Wicknell Chivayo. We asked our journalists to predict what they think the music superstar will get from his all-weather friend and benefactor. Our...

WITCHCRAFT, WHATSAPP WARS AND BROKEN WINDOWS – INSIDE DOCTOR MADZIKANDA’S LOVERS MESSY DRAMA

PROMINENT business executive, Dr David Madzikanda, has said the two women involved in a messy love triangle saga, which has spilled into court, are both his GIRLFRIENDS and their fallout is rooted in jealousy. The two women – Tsitsi Mutseriwa and...

MAN, WHO HAS BEEN LEFT WITHOUT HIS MANHOOD, SAYS ‘HE IS LIVING IN HELL’

A MAN, who has lost his manhood, initially thought he was a victim of some form of dark arts related to being punished for having sex with a married woman. However, when he finally sought medical help as his condition deteriorated, he says he was told...

BUS OPERATORS CASH IN, DOUBLE THEIR FARES AMID MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE

OPERATORS of some cross-border buses have found an opportunity to make a killing amid the mayhem created by the anti-immigrant protests in South Africa. Virtually all of them have DOUBLED their fares and luggage charges as they cash in on demand amid...

HULUNGENDE, MALLOTI STONED ON STAGE, IMPLICATED IN KARIBA CRASH INVOLVING PREGNANT WOMAN

DANCEHALL performer and social media personality Malloti and her husband, Hulungende have been implicated in a road traffic accident in Kariba in which an expecting mother was injured. Police say the chaos began after Malloti allegedly got pelted with...

HUBBY'S INCEST CLAIMS THAT DESTROYED A MARRIAGE

A MATABELELAND South man has accused his ex-wife's uncle of having an incestuous affair with her, leading to the collapse of his marriage. Melusi Ndlovu said his marriage to Rebecca Mayisa ended after he discovered she was involved in a romantic...

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

ALICK MACHESO has allayed fears that he might suspend musical shows following a road traffic accident on Sunday. The sungura music icon was involved in a road traffic accident along the Harare-Mutoko highway on Sunday while travelling from a musical...

PSWARAYI RETURNS TO COURT AMID ACCIDENT CLAIMS

A Harare man, who has been on the run after failing to attend court for judgment in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of more than US$52 000 in rental income, has come under scrutiny following allegations that he faked an accident to secure...

BETHSAIDA CHURCH IN CRISIS OVER WIDOW

THE grief of Tsitsi Marume Manhango, the widow of a well-known church leader, has been overshadowed by allegations of targeted manipulation inside the congregation, according to multiple accounts gathered by this newspaper. Archbishop Loveless...

FATHER’S DAY LUCKY ESCAPE FOR SUNGURA SUPERSTAR MACHESO AFTER CAR INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT

ALICK Macheso’s camp has revealed that the sungura kingpin is FINE and resting at home after he escaped from a road accident unharmed in the early hours of Father’s Day yesterday. The accident happened near the Blue Ridge complex along Mutoko...

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...