Appearing before provincial magistrate Mr Vakayi Chikwekwe, Zvitsva, who is receiving treatment at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, was remanded in custody from his hospital bed.

He was not asked to plead and was told only the High Court could entertain a bail application for such serious crimes.

The remand hearing was postponed to January 19, 2026, for his formal indictment.

Prosecutor Mr Lawrence Gangarahwe wove a chilling chronology of violence, beginning on a night in March 2025 in Rangwani Village.

He alleged, Zvitsva broke into the home of Jane Dube, demanding money. When Dube fled into a nearby maize field, he pursued and bludgeoned her to death with an iron rod.

The terror escalated a month later on a farm in Nyakapupu. The court heard that Zvitsva confronted Modester Isaac as she herded cattle, forced her into a bush at knifepoint and raped her.

Alerted by a witness, villagers rushed to the scene, but it was too late. Zvitsva had allegedly strangled Isaac with a wire and hanged her body from a tree. Villagers stumbled upon the grim sight the following day. By that time Zvitsva had vanished.

As the year wore on, a grim pattern emerged. In October, Alice Marangarire was ambushed with a machete while searching for cattle and was strangled with a wire.

Weeks later, in Mubaiwa Village, the morning quiet was disturbed when Zvitsva allegedly attacked Elisha Dickens Chikwavarara and Dudzai Mazuvaawanda on their way to their garden. Chikwavarara was killed instantly, while Mazuvaawanda was taken 20 metres away, strangled and also hanged from a tree.

The State alleges that on 30 November 2025, at Farm 31 Nyakapupu, Guruve, at around 8pm, the deceased Megina Chizema, Stacey Pulango and Allet Kavhura retired to bed in their two-roomed house.

At around 11pm, the accused, Zvitsva, went to the homestead armed with a knife and snare wire. He forced open the door, causing  noise that awakened Chizema. Zvitsva then produced the knife and threatened to stab her if she made any noise. He forced her to lie on the bed and strangled her to death with the snare wire.

Zvitsva proceeded to Pulango, who was fast asleep and used the same snare wire to strangle her to death.

He then moved to Kavhura and strangled her in the same manner.

On December 2 2025, around 8pm, the lifeless bodies of the three victims were discovered.

In a separate incident, it is alleged that on December 9, 2025 at Zimuna Village under Chief Bepura, Guruve, at around 7:30pm, the deceased—Pamela Chipangura, Kudzai Chipangura, Tawanda Jariwa, and Tadiwanashe Marasika retired to bed in their one-roomed house.

At approximately 9pm, Zvitsva arrived at the homestead armed with a knife and a wore snare. He forced open the door and gained entry into the house.

Inside, he ordered Pamela to lie on the floor, where he hooked a snare wire around her neck and strangled her to death.

Zvitsva then proceeded to the other victims who were asleep and used the same wire snare to strangle them.

Afterward, Zvitsva kidnapped Marasika and took her to Nyakapupu Mountain, where he raped her. On 10 December 2025, Marasika attempted to escape.

However, upon noticing her attempt, Zvitsva chased after her, killed her and buried her body on the Nyakapupu Mountain Range.

Another charge detailed by the prosecutor occurred on the night of December 13th. Fortune Mwazha, having closed her shop at Zvivindi Business Centre, was asleep inside when Zvitsva allegedly broke down the door.

He tightened a wire snare around her neck until she lost consciousness, stole groceries and fled, leaving her for dead. Mwazha miraculously survived, becoming a crucial complainant in the case that would finally see the suspect apprehended.

The State further alleges that on December 14 2025, at a plot at Wona Farm in Guruve, his aunt Grace Zvitsva, Loice Chiringaushe, Takudzwa Kariba, and Tatenda Chirenje were sleeping in the main bedroom of their house, while Tatenda Zvitsva, was sleeping in a small kitchen hut opposite the main house.

At around 10am, Zvitsva approached the homestead armed with a knife and a spear. He entered the small kitchen hut where Tatenda Zvitsva was sleeping and stabbed him twice once on the left side of the chest and once on the back.

He then moved into the main bedroom and killed by stabbing all the four sleeping there.

The last incident occurred on December 22, 2025, in Bosha village, Chief Bepura, Guruve, where tragedy struck at 8pm.

Saujati Matora, had retired to bed in her main bedroom while in the spare bedroom, Shallome Malunga and her sister, Mavis Malunga, were also settling in for the evening.

At around 11pm, Zvitsva, armed with a knife and a wire snare, approached the homestead under the cover of darkness.

Peering through the window of the spare bedroom, he threatened to kill Shallome and Mavis, warning them that he would shoot if they resisted.

Terrified, the two sisters fled the spare bedroom and rushed into Matora’s room seeking refuge, but relentless and determined Zvitsva moved quickly to the back door.

With force, he broke it open and gained entry into the house.

He made his way to the main bedroom, where he found Matora and Shallome, while Mavis hid under the bed.

Seizing control of the situation, Zvitsva dragged Matora from the main bedroom to the spare bedroom and killed her. He then dragged Shallome raped her and then killed her.

In both instances, he used a wire snare to strangle the victims.

Mavis, who was under the bed throughout the horror ordeal, survived.

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