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Hooker ‘raped by nurse’

Richard Muponde, Gwanda correspondent A NURSE at Gwanda Provincial Hospital allegedly assaulted and raped a prostitute whom he had taken to his room from a nightspot for sex. This came to light when...

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Thief escapes from police station

Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter A THIEF who escaped from a police station will spend the next six months in jail. Everisto Sungwa of Village Chamisa in Chirumhanzu had pleaded not guilty to...

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Tout ‘impersonates cop, extorts other touts’

Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter A TOUT allegedly impersonated a police officer, arrested two other touts and extorted $4 from them. Tinashe Chimhangwa, 22, of Ascot Suburb in Gweru, appeared before...

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Police base raiders face jail

Patient Sibanda, Court Reporter TWO men who were part of a gang of five that raided a police base near Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Bulawayo on Friday night have appeared in court facing robbery and...

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Ex-District Administrator arrested over mbanje

Khululeka Mabuza Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree Correspondent A FORMER Plumtree District Administrator has been arrested for selling marijuana, known locally as mbanje. Khululeka Charmer Mabuza, 45, of...

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White farmer refuses to leave gazetted land

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter A WHITE commercial farmer is locked in a protracted legal wrangle with a Gwanda couple over the ownership of a farm in Insindi area. Joseph Stewart, a former owner...

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Hungry hyenas terrorise villagers

Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent HYENAS are terrorising Gwanda South villagers by invading their homesteads killing livestock as they become more desperate for food due to the drought. Villagers...

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Bus with 20 on board crashes

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter TWENTY people cheated death by a whisker when an Extra City bus they were travelling in veered off the road and uprooted trees, injuring eight passengers in the...

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Tomana freedom duo charged

Tendai Rupapa Harare Bureau THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has nullified a decision by Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana to drop charges of possession of weaponry for sabotage against two...

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Mujuru haunted by Nkomo slur

Joice Mujuru Nduduzo Tshuma Political Editor AS JOICE Mujuru began an ambitious effort to recast herself as a reformed politician yesterday, trashing everything she stood for in the Zanu-PF government...

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Politburo routine meeting

Harare Bureau THE Zanu-PF Politburo is expected to meet today to discuss economic issues giving particular attention to the country’s economic blueprint Zim- Asset. The revolutionary party’s secretary...

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ZINWA cuts water to sugar estates

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has reduced supplies to sugar estates in the lowveld citing dwindling water levels at Lake Mutirikwi. ZINWA supplies...

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Pictures expose man’s secret love affair

Patient Sibanda Court Reporter A WOMAN yesterday shamed her husband at the Maintenance Court when she brought pictures of the man and his “secret lover” having a nice time at the lover’s house. Nolitha...

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Gwanda runs out of burial space

Richard Muponde Gwanda Correspondent GWANDA town has run out of space to bury senior citizens. Senior citizens were buried at Gwanda Senior Citizens Cemetery along the Gwanda-Kezi road. The issue came...

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Kombi driver, tout beat up traffic cop

Melody Baya Court Reporter A KOMBI driver allegedly beat up a cop who had arrested him for eluding a police roadblock in Bulawayo. Terrance Zulu, 23, of Emganwini suburb, yesterday pleaded not guilty...

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High Court saves Hwange property

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has ordered the deputy sheriff to cancel the sale of Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) property which was attached over a debt of more than $18,000....

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President to meet war vets: Mutsvangwa

President Mugabe Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is expected to attend the extraordinary general meeting of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) to be held in Harare...

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STEM pupils use up $720k

Deputy Minister Godfrey Gandawa Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter BENEFICIARIES of the government’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) A’ Level fees sponsorship scheme have...

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Gushungo bombers go to ConCourt

Tendai Rupapa Harare Bureau HARARE magistrate Sandra Mupindu yesterday referred to the Constitutional Court a case in which two soldiers are accused of trying to bomb the President Robert Mugabe’s...

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Tomana wants foreign judge

Harare Bureau PROSECUTOR General Johannes Tomana, who is locked in a legal battle with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), has requested a judge from outside Zimbabwe or a retired one to preside...

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