REDCLIFF — A 49-year-old man was brutally murdered on Monday night following a violent dispute over missing groceries and a transport fee at Wentworth Farm in Redcliff. The incident, which has shocked the Kwekwe community, highlights a disturbing trend of extreme violence used to resolve minor civil disagreements. The victim, identified as Elias Kavhumbura Chimusito, died on the spot after being struck multiple times with an axe by a transporter he had hired.

A Mutare man has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of a 39-year-old woman who was allegedly doused with a highly corrosive liquid believed to be sulphuric acid in a suspected crime of passion. Tawanda Kapfumo, of Zororo, Sakubva, appeared before Mutare provincial magistrate Honest Musiyiwa last Tuesday, facing murder charges. He was remanded to 3 March 2026 and granted US$200 bail.