Man hoes brother to death over wages as murders ab...

Man hoes brother to death over wages as murders abound nationwide

Zim Now Writer

Police have arrested a 28 year-old St Albert’s man for murdering his brother over a disagreement on how to share their earnings from a job on farm.

“On 14/11/ 22, Police in St Albert’s arrested Rangarirai Mafigu (28) for a case of murder in which he allegedly struck his brother, Chriswell Mafigu (26), once on the head with a hoe after a misunderstanding over the sharing of money they had worked for at a farm in Chiweshe, announced the police on their Twitter handle.

Chriswell Mafigu died on the spot after getting a deep cut, the police said.

https://zimbabwenow.co.zw/articles/1111/masvingo-man-murders-pal-over-piece-work-proceeds-ratios

The police also arrested Lovemore Chishiri ,44, in Marondera over allegations of assaulting his ex-wife, Spiwe Chishiri, 41 to death on 15 November.

Lovemore had found Spiwe with another man after finding her with a boyfriend at Lower Paradise.

Figures of women have been killed by intimate or former intimate partners since the beginning of the year are now in the three digit count.

https://zimbabwenow.co.zw/articles/1128/abusive-man-threatens-to-kill-fed-up-wife

In Zvishavane the police are investigating a case where five unknown suspects, armed with machetes, knives and logs, attacked and killed a man identified as Tinashe at a squatter camp near China Zim Gold Mill, Zvishavane, on November 15.

https://zimbabwenow.co.zw/articles/874/binga-gang-gets-6-years-each-for-murder

Murder has become common in Zimbabwe with several cases reported each week.