SYDNEY MUBAIWA
BULAWAYO- Gweru murderer Peter Dube has been slapped with two life imprisonment terms in addition to another 20 years for two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder by the High Court in Bulawayo.
Justice Munamato Mutevedzi handed down the sentence today following Dube’s conviction on November 14, 2025.
According to court records, the court found that Dube unleashed “unmitigated violence” on the night of April 22, 2021, killing Shelton Chiduku and Gamuchirai Madungwe and shooting Nyasha Nharingo and Nyaradzo Nharingo, leaving both women seriously injured.
After the shootings, Dube – who ran a popular car sale in Gweru – vanished from Zimbabwe with the assistance of his wife. The judgment reveals for the first time the full details of his escape.
He crossed into South Africa, moved on to Eswatini and acquired a false Mozambican identity. He subsequently flew to Ireland, where he lived undetected for years.
His cover was blown abroad, resulting in him being deported first to Mozambique, where he was disowned, and then to Zimbabwe.
Earlier that day, Nyasha and her sister Nyaradzo had travelled to Masvingo with their friends, the now-deceased Shelton and Gamu, to collect a passport. On their return, they found Dube had locked himself in their apartment.
Dube went downstairs, armed himself with a gun, and confronted Shelton and Gamu in the car park.
