A 23-YEAR-OLD National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student was brutally murdered by three assailants who allegedly hired him on the pretext that they wanted him to ferry their goods to Roseburn near Solusi. The suspects, who are still at large, buried the deceased’s body in a shallow grave before they planted aloe vera on it in a bid to conceal evidence. The vehicle he was driving is yet to be recovered. The now deceased, Thembinkosi Sishoma of Bulawayo’s Pumula South suburb, went missing on December 1. Police and his relatives had since then been making frantic efforts to locate him until Sunday when his mutilated decomposing body was discovered buried in a shallow grave near Mananda Dam along Solusi road. Thembinkosi was a first-year student st
Trio Arrested for Selling A Sack Of Sand For US$70K Claiming It Was Gold US$70K Fake Gold Lands Trio In Jail Three men from Chinhoyi allegedly sold a mining company in Matopo fake gold worth US$70 000 yesterday and they appeared before a Bulawayo court. Nyasha Marumahoko, Kudakwashe Pfavai, both 28, and Daniel Pfavai, 29, are the suspects and they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja who granted them $3 000 bail each as they were ordered them to appear in court for trial on the 21st of December. Hatirare 263 learned that the trio allegedly sold a sack full of sand to Phinias Munda, a manager at Ndlovu Syndicate Mines in Matopo. Munda drove from Bulawayo to Shangani and met with the trio who then showed him a sack full of sand claimi
Prophet Evidence Chari had a secret video of Jay Israel and Blessing Muzvongi Mushangwa Rehearsing to lie that Makandiwa was having An Affair with her Prophet Evidence Chari this evening posted a LIVE video in which he said he was setting the record straight on Jay Israel’s Attack on Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa. Key Points Prophet Evidence Chari published a video showing the plot by Jay Israel. On the 6th of December 2020, there was a LIVE broadcast by Jay Israel. Prophet Chari said the broadcast failed and he knows the reason why. Prophet Chari said the broadcast was meant to tarnish the image of Prophet Makandiwa. Some of the portions of what Jay Israel did is criminal. A case has been opened against Blessing Muzvongi Mashangwa. Jay Israel and Blessin
A Harare woman is claiming ZWL$700 000 in damages from the government after she went into premature labour and lost her baby without receiving any emergency medical care from doctors and nurses at the Sally Mugabe Central Hospital on 17 June. Valerie Chibaya is suing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in his capacity as Health Minister after accusing health officials at the hospital of neglecting to treat her as a medical emergency. In her High Court papers, Chibaya said she went to the hospital when she was 23 weeks pregnant after experiencing unusual abdominal pains. She said upon arrival, the doctors and nurses did not take her temperature, blood pressure or sugar levels nor did they do a routine check-up on her but insisted that she gets a scan first before they could tr
In a bizarre crime of incest and greed that will leave many in shock – a Mutare man allegedly raped his 12-year-old daughter before selling her off to a village prophet for just US$10 in a bid to conceal the crime. The prophet took in the 12-year-old juvenile as his fifth wife and reportedly raped her multiple times. According to a report by Manica Post, the shocking incident was revealed when the minor fled the cleric’s house to a nearby bush where she met a Good Samaritan who then assisted her to make a police report. The police report was made at Zimunya Police Post leading to the arrest of the father and the cleric. Manicaland Province deputy police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Luxton Chananda said the police are investigating the case of a 41-year-ol
IN what insiders and analysts have described as “primitive and a manifestation of a full blown dictatorship” the MDC-Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has barred its members from discussing party matters on social media platforms. Political analysts who spoke to The Herald described the decision by Mr Chamisa to muzzle free expression and debate in the troubled MDC-A as a reflection of the party leader’s aversion to freedom of speech and expression, tenets the party claims to uphold but had since discarded. As the rot in the opposition deepens, MDC-A members were last week stunned when the office of the party’s secretary general, Chalton Hwende, directed group administrators on popular messaging platform WhatsApp to dissuade members from discussing party polit
In a rather disturbing development, a man from Victoria Ranch Masvingo is lucky to be alive after his girlfriend poured hot cooking oil on his privates following a misunderstanding. iHarare has established from a local publication, Masvingo Mirror that, Melody Mashonga (25), poured hot cooking oil on Emmanuel Cheure (35) privates after he allegedly refused to eat the food she had offered him. Mashonga was not asked to plead when she appeared before Magistrate Bishard Chineka at Masvingo Magistrates Court. The State led by Nixon Chamisa told the court that Mashonga invited Cheure to her house in Victoria Ranch at around 3 pm and offered him food which the latter refused allegedly citing that the food was rotten and was producing a pungent smell. This infuriated Mashonga wh
A Zvishavane woman has been arrested for allegedly marrying another man while her marriage to her first husband was still in force. iHarare has learned from Zimbolivenews that Moreblesing Maridza age (41) of Platinum Park in Zvishavane was arrested for allegedly marrying two men after accusing her first husband of having failed to be intimate with her for the past 12 years. Maridza was convicted on her own plea of guilty when she appeared before the local magistrate, Archie Wochionga facing bigamy charges last week. It is in the States case that Maridza wedded her first husband, James Chivandire under Chapter 5.11 of the Marriage Act which prohibits a man or a woman from marrying more than one spouse. In 2012 Maridza went on to marry a second husband, David Mhuru, and
Man killed for visiting married lover Police in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a 36-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife’s boyfriend who had visited his homestead in the middle of the night. Admire Motsi (36) of Jefferstone Farm is on the run following the death of Stanley Chilima (36) who died during a fight after the latter had visited the former’s homestead to see his lover unbeknown to him that her husband was at home. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident and urged the public to desist from violence. “Police in Beatrice are looking for a 36 year old man from Jefferstone Farm in Beatrice who allegedly assaulted the now-deceased to death after an altercation over a marital
A MAN here reportedly killed his eight-year-old nephew, dismembered the head and cooked it. The 22-year-old suspect from Matova Village near Gokomere Mission under Chief Zimuto ,was found by alert neighbours stewing the boy’s head in a pot after barricading himself inside his hut. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the juvenile’s torso was found stashed in a nearby shallow pool. “We will release the name of the suspect and the deceased tomorrow (today) but the suspect is in police custody and investigations are underway to determine his mental state,” said Asst Comm Nyathi. “He was found cooking the boy’s head in a kitchen hut, while the remaining parts of the body were recovered in a shallow pool, wrapped in a
