A 23-year-old Bulawayo Polytechnic student was allegedly robbed and fatally stabbed last Monday, during the night, because she had identified one of the suspects during the mugging.
Inobubele Mhlanga was brutally attacked by Thamsanqa Ndebele (26) and Euton Sebatha (36) after getting off a commuter bus near the TM turnoff bus stop in Cowdray Park.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson for Bulawayo Province, Inspector Abednico Ncube, confirmed the incident to <a href="https://newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local/article/200034746/student-murdered-for-identifying-robber">Southern Eye</a>.
He said Mhlanga had recognised one of the suspects as they lived in the same neighbourhood. To silence her forever, and ensure that she would not reveal the identity of the robbers, she was killed. Said Inspector Ncube:
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On November 4, at around 8:30 pm, the now-deceased was found by passers-by lying in a pool of blood near TM turnoff bus stop in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, with a penetrative wound above the right breast and several cuts on both hands.
She was ferried to Mpilo Central Hospital by a well-wisher and passed on while she was being attended to by a doctor.
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The day after the incident, police rounded up known robbery suspects in the area.
One suspect, Playmore Mpofu (27) from Cowdray Park, admitted to often committing robberies in the Cowdray Park area with Ndebele and Sebatha.
Based on information from the community, police were able to arrest Ndebele and Sebatha in the Cowdray Park area.
During interrogation, Ndebele confessed to attacking the victim, Inobubele Mhlanga, and taking her handbag containing $30 with the help of his accomplice, Sebatha. Said Inspector Ncube:
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He further stated that Sebatha stabbed the now-deceased because she had identified him since they resided in the same area and they knew each other.
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Mhlanga was laid to rest at Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo.
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A student named Inobubele Mhlanga was killed by robbers because she recognized one of them. The robbers, Thamsanqa Ndebele and Euton Sebatha, attacked Mhlanga when she got off a bus in Cowdray Park. The police found her with serious injuries and she later died in the hospital. The robbers were caught, and Ndebele admitted to the crime, saying Sebatha stabbed Mhlanga because she knew him. Mhlanga was buried in Bulawayo. It is a sad story about a young student who lost her life for doing the right thing.

Bulawayo Polytechnic Student Murdered For Identifying Robber

A female student at Morgan Zintec Teachers College in Harare allegedly faked her death in a bid to fool her lover.
Pictures of the student, only identified as Shantel, seemingly dead and covered halfway with a blanket, accompanied by the fake death message emerged prompting her grieving college mates to open a WhatsApp condolence group.
However, one of Shantel’s friends disclosed that she was still alive though her whereabouts were not revealed.
Morgan Zintec principal, Tonderai Zenda, told <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/student-fakes-death-to-fool-lover/">H-Metro</a> the message disturbed a number of students, who were writing their examinations. Said Zenda:
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Shantel is one of our bridging course students. She was supposed to be among students sitting for final examinations, but she missed some of the sittings.
We heard a rumour about her death but later learnt that she is alive.
She has not been here since the rumour went around and we are also keen to know from her what happened. It disturbed some students.
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A close relative of Shantel said pictures circulating on social media were taken two years ago adding that she is still alive.
H-Metro reported sources as saying Shantel faked her death after she had directed her lover to some people to pay lobola money.
After the lover paid the bride price, Shantel was reported to have devised a plan to fake her own death.
Some people were reportedly hired to act as Shantel’s relatives during the lobola ceremony.
The lover was fooled to believe he was communicating with Shantel’s mother about the death.

Female Student Fakes Death After Boyfriend Pays Lobola

A fourth-year student at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) was killed by a haulage truck on Friday while walking near the campus’s main entrance.
Talent Chari and her friend from the same institution were walking from the university along Harare-Chirundu Highway when a haulage truck veered off the road and hit her.
Neither the Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Margaret Chitove nor CUT’s acting director of communications and public relations Gifford Chikuya could immediately confirm the incident.
However, some witnesses claimed that the now-deceased student was smashed by the truck’s trailer and died instantly after she had saved her friend from being killed by the same truck.
Student Representative Council (SRC) secretary of external affairs, information and publicity Regis Muzambi confirmed the accident to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200001674/cut-student-knocked-down-by-haulage-truck">NewsDay</a>. He said:
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She was hit by a haulage truck en route to Zambia near New Greens Building along the Harare-Chirundu highway.
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Her body was taken to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary for postmortem.
Muzambi said the other student was rushed to Chinhoyi hospital in critical condition.

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