‘Increase in suicide cases linked to emotional abuse’
She urged communities to stop dismissing emotional abuse as mere “relationship drama” and to cease normalising destructive behaviour in the name of love.
By Nokuxola Mbangeni
Nov. 13, 2025
Hidden trauma behind Zim’s suicide scourge
In trauma-ignorant families, children grow up silenced, shamed or pressured to succeed without acknowledgement of their emotional worlds.
By Tinashe Chikodzi
Sep. 19, 2025
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Girl (14) arrested for abortion amid hospital diagnosis boob
Goche claimed that he pinned him down and assaulted him, but Chiocha denied the allegations, insisting that there was a verbal altercation.
By Everson Mushava
Aug. 31, 2025
3 suicides rock Karoi town
Zimbabwe is grappling with increased drug and substance abuse, mostly among the youths, where the vice is reversing the gains of social networking and support.
By Nhau Mangirazi
Aug. 27, 2025
Address rising male suicide cases, churches urged
Domestic disputes, life challenges and feelings of helplessness are deemed the first underlying factors.
By Margaret Lubinda
Feb. 14, 2025
10 year-old pupil commits suicide
"Upon opening the door he discovered the body of the now deceased hanging from a roof truss.
By Mpumelelo Moyo
Oct. 20, 2024
Art as a lifeline: Zimbabwean creatives confront the suicide epidemic
Suicide is an escalating crisis in Zimbabwe, with rising numbers of individuals particularly young people succumbing to this silent killer.
By Raymond Millagre Langa
Sep. 22, 2024
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Soldier shoots 3 dead, commits suicide
His colleague and another man allegedly tried to restrain him from killing the man whom he accused of taking his girlfriend.
By Miriam Mangwaya
Aug. 11, 2024
Son blackmails mother over drugs
Dzengesu Mutsara told Harare magistrate Johanna Mukwesha that his son Shelton Kawonde was abusing illicit drugs.
By Rejoice Phiri
Jun. 23, 2024
