Four vie for Kereke's vacant Parly seat
The Zanu PF Masvingo provincial executive has whittled the number of aspiring candidates to represent Zanu-PF in the forthcoming Bikita West National Assembly by-election from 11 to four after mos...
View ArticleMaize-meal thief posed as Deputy Comm-General
A Harare man who impersonated Deputy Commissioner-General Innocent Matibiri and defrauded Blue Ribbon Foods Limited of maize-meal and wheat bran worth $8 000 has been jailed for one year.Stani...
View ArticleMan sodomises, rapes daughter
A 37-year-old man allegedly sodomised and raped his 14-year-old daughter in the presence of her young sibling after offering to share blankets because of the cold weather.The father was entrus...
View ArticleLand baron jailed 5 years
A land baron formerly employed by the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing who defrauded home seekers of more than $80 000 was on Thursday slapped with an effective five yea...
View Article2 SA officials nabbed for Beitbridge border corruption
TWO senior South African immigration officers based in Limpopo province have been arrested by that country's special anti-corruption unit, the Hawks, for allegedly taking bribes from Zimbabwean travel...
View ArticleCops blamed for Greyhound driver death
THE family of a driver who on Friday was crushed to death by a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus have alleged off-duty police officers who mounted an illegal roadblock caused his death. Yesterday they told...
View ArticleShun factionalism, Kasukuwere tells Masvingo leaders
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo has been advised against harbouring divisive and destructive tendencies which threaten unity within the party. Addressing th...
View ArticleBCC introduces palisade fencing, to get rid of security guards
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced palisade fencing, doing away with security guards, in a development expected to save the municipality about $1 million a year in overtime allowances. ...
View ArticleArmed cop impersonator jailed 15 years
A CONVICT who impersonated a cop to rob a woman of an amplifier and inverter has been sentenced to 15 years in jail, two days before finishing another sentence. Robert Mwembe of Makiya Village...
View ArticleMidlands war vets executive snubs Mlala
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) members yesterday held parallel meetings in Gweru with George Mlala convening one at Mkoba Hall while the Midlands executive had theirs a...
View ArticleGirl's rape exposes sex pest dad
A Nkayi man reportedly raped a 13-year-old girl while her father was attending an all-night prayer. The crime came to light when the girl confessed that her father was sexually abusing her as well. ...
View ArticleGrade Six pupil tests negative after HIV rape
AN HIV positive man from Zvishavane who raped a Gade Six pupil and tried to silence her with $5 has been jailed for 15 years. A medical report which was produced in court showed that the girl was not ...
View Article'Prostitute' abandons baby for two-week party spree
A WOMAN believed to be a hooker, allegedly abandoned her one-year-old baby for two weeks as she went clubbing. Sharon Sibanda (22) from Mkoba 14 in Gweru allegedly left the child with her landlady...
View ArticleMan fined $20 for $4 whisky theft
A MAN from Bulilima has been fined $20 for stealing a bottle of whisky worth $4 from Greens Supermarket in Plumtree. Gift Moyo (32) of Gwambe area was convicted on his own plea of guilty to theft by P...
View ArticleEx-political prisoner takes minister to court
A man who allegedly failed to meet the criteria to be declared an ex-political detainee has taken the Government to court challenging his exclusion. Jimitias Chigurugudu, through his lawyers G...
View ArticleJah Prayzah's star rises
Jah Prayzah seems to have struck the right chord with his latest music video – Watora Mari – on which he features Tanzania's Diamond Platnumz. The video which has gone viral on social medi...
View ArticleJah Prayzah wows with Bulawayo album launch
Contemporary musician Jah Prayzah launched his seventh album Mdhara Vachauya before a bumper crowd on Saturday night at the Large City Hall car park in Bulawayo. On a night when fans braved the cold, ...
View ArticleCal_Vin shines despite power outage
A power outage on Saturday night could not dim wordsmith Cal_Vin's shine as he illuminated Elite 400 with songs from his new album as many of Bulawayo's young hip-hop artistes proved that they can hol...
View ArticleBoko Haram releases 'video' of Chibok girls
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group, wh...
View ArticleChilli-powder condoms, firecrackers keep elephants at bay
Conservationists in Tanzania are using an unorthodox way of keeping elephants from wandering into human settlements — by throwing condoms filled with chilli powder at them. The method ha...
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