Category: Incidents
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Glen View Couple Found Dead at Harare Home as Police Investigate
A married couple has been found dead at their Glen View 3 home in Harare. Police have sealed off the property while investigators work to establish what happened.
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Masvingo Land Row: Woman and Toddler Held Overnight as Plot Dispute Escalates
Nancy Rikitai Gwaindepi, 42, was detained with her two-year-old child and a neighbour after she tried to stop workers from fencing land in Clipsham, Masvingo. The case has renewed attention on a wider eviction dispute involving hundreds of plot holders and a sitting legislator.
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Masvingo Woman, Baby Detained as Land Dispute with MP Escalates
A Masvingo woman and her two-year-old baby were locked up overnight as tensions rise over land allegedly being grabbed by Chivi North MP Godfrey Mukungunugwa. More than 700 families face eviction from Clipsham plots.
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Zimbabwean Businessman Lawrence Mudzinganyama Under Fire in South Africa Over Death Threats Video
A video showing Zimbabwean businessman Lawrence Chamurwa Mudzinganyama threatening to kill three women at a Johannesburg restaurant has sparked outrage and prompted South African authorities to investigate his company’s SANRAL contract.
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Police warn Harare job seekers after Gokwe woman is lured via WhatsApp and attacked in Kuwadzana
A WhatsApp job offer that brought a 27-year-old woman from Gokwe to Harare ended in robbery and gang rape in Kuwadzana, prompting a nationwide caution from the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
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Harare man arrested after wife strangled at Hatfield farm compound
A 30-year-old Hatfield man has been arrested over the death of his 26-year-old wife, while police in Harare are still trying to identify a man whose body was found in Dzivarasekwa in July.
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Dzivarasekwa axe killing: suicide note found while packing for burial deepens family rift
A note said to have been written by nurse Lyliosa Chirara before she took her own life has widened the breach between her family and that of her late husband, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission commissioner Martin Muduva, after it was reportedly found among her clothes as relatives prepared her body for burial in Njanja.
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Buhera Murder-Suicide: Suicide Note Reveals Couple Had No Sex Since 2022
A suicide note left by Lyliosa Chirara, who axed her husband Martin Muduva to death in Buhera, reveals the couple had not been intimate since 2022. A friend described the bedroom as resembling an abattoir.
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Harare Priest Killed in Hit-and-Run, Body Found at Parirenyatwa Mortuary
Father Regis Chikuni, a Roman Catholic priest, was killed in a hit-and-run accident near Prince Edward Road and Samora Machel Avenue in Harare. His body was found at Parirenyatwa Hospital mortuary after he had been reported missing.
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Suspected Harare Land Baron in Court Over US$97,000 Donnybrook Stand Scam
A 58-year-old man has been charged with fraud after allegedly posing as owner of 35 residential stands in Donnybrook and swindling a company director out of nearly US$100,000.
