Man (29) rapes brother's maid
A 29-year-old Harare man has been jailed for an effective 12 years for raping his brother's maid at knife point.Ignatious Zhakata denied the charge of rape when his trial opened, but was convicted on ...
View ArticleTeen (14) to get two strokes for raping niece (4)
A teenage boy, 14, will receive two strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to raping his four-year-old niece while her mother was in another room. Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms Estere Chivasa...
View ArticleMutodi's car goes under the hammer
Flamboyant businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi saw one of his cars go under the hammer at Ruby's Auctions in Harare over the weekend. A Nissan Elgrand (registration number ACA3716) belonging to the...
View ArticleMan kills workmate, rapes corpse
Police in Chiwundura have arrested a 32-year-old male domestic worker after he allegedly killed a female workmate and later raped the corpse.The woman was employed as a housemaid and she had turned d...
View ArticleDuo sentenced to 44 months in prison for unlawful entry, theft
Two men from Esigodini have been sentenced to 44 months imprisonment for unlawfully crossing the border into Botswana and stealing property worth more than P37 000.Sikhumbuzo Ncube (30), of Mawabeni V...
View ArticleTsvangirai optimistic of peaceful elections
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has expressed optimism that Zimbabwe would conduct its elections peacefully.Addressing delegates to the World Summit in South Korea on Saturday, PM Tsvangirai, however...
View ArticleTemba Mliswa arrested
Businessman Temba Mliswa was arrested following skirmishes where Hurungwe East legislator Sarah Mahoka was injured in an attack by youths while trying to address a meeting at Zimonja Business Centre i...
View ArticleRoki pitches up at Macheso show
Urban grooves singer Roki made a surprise appearance at Alick Macheso's gig held over the weekend in Rhodesville. The "Chidzoka" hitmaker performed before a small crowd that turned up for the gig held...
View ArticleAir Zimbabwe to re-introduce Vic Falls-Johannesburg route
AIR Zimbabwe has set in motion a plan to re-introduce the Victoria Falls-Johannesburg route before the country co-hosts the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly, a govern...
View ArticleMaskiri to launch new video album
HARARE based top rapper, Alishius Musimbe a.k.a Maskiri is working on a massive 12-track video album off his latest project Recovery. Maskiri who won the best male Zimbabwean hip pop award last year s...
View Article'National sports kit should be standardised'
NATIONAL sports associations have mandated the Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) to come up with modalities that will see all national representative sides putting on a standard national kit.The r...
View ArticleZanu-PF dismiss Biti's assassination allegations
ZANU-PF has dismissed as "pathetic lies" allegations by MDC-T secretary general Tendai Biti of a security services plot to assassinate party leaders ahead of elections expected later this year.Biti, w...
View ArticleZimbabwe police warns NGOs
Police yesterday warned NGOs against flouting their mandates by distributing radios and other communications equipment that are being illegally brought into the country. DeputyCommissioner-General In...
View ArticleWoman struck and killed with a log as sons brawl over wife
Tragedy has hit a Gutu family after a son accidentally killed his mother whom he had mistaken to be his brother.The two brothers were fighting over a wife. Jorum Gwendu had been caught red handed in b...
View ArticleCop in trouble for clobbering his junior colleague
THERE was drama in Hwange when an overzealous Hwange police officer turned the charge office into a wrestling ring by severely beating his junior colleague until she bled profusely from the mouth and ...
View ArticleMDC campaigns for a YES vote - video
MDC senior officials, including Priscila Misihayirambwi Mushonga, have hailed the draft document as "the first step towards democracy".MDC has confidence in the proposed constitution because it has en...
View ArticleProposals to ban mercury use
Small scale miners have expressed concern that the proposed ban for mercury in all industrial uses, including gold processing, will undermine the viability of the sector. Last month, government repres...
View ArticleZesa eases load-shedding
The country's electricity generation had increased to 1 300 megawatts from an average of 1 200MW making it necessary for Zesa to scale down on load-shedding. Total supplies have now reached 1 500MW bo...
View ArticleMDC-T claims it is under siege
The MDC-T yesterday says it has recorded 120 cases of political violence against its supporters since the beginning of the year and wants regional leaders to intervene before elections that are expect...
View ArticleZRP to recruit 10 000 more officers ahead of elections
The Zimbabwe Republic Police force is set to recruit 10 000 more officers to maintain law and order ahead of next month's referendum and subsequent elections. The development literally lies in the fac...
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