adminProsecutors not being sincere: PSC
Herald Reporters
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused striking prosecutors and law officers of deliberately understating their salaries to garner
4 burnt to death
Four people were burnt beyond recognition on Monday after two haulage trucks side swiped along the Harare-Chirundu Road.
President hints on WikiLeaks probe: Gumbo
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe has reportedly said Zanu-PF will investigate the origins and authenticity of revelations by whistle- blower website WikiLeaks that some of its members engaged United States officials and deliberated on sensitive matters without party approval.
Several junior and senior Zanu-PF members allegedly engaged America through its embassy in Harare.
This was despite the fact that the US administration imposed illegal sanctions on the country in an open show of aggression and disregard of international law.
Zanu-PF, for the first time, discu-ssed the WikiLeaks revelations at its Central Committee meeting last Thursday.
Party spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo yesterday confirmed
Female rape suspects: Scores besiege police station
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter
SCORES of people yesterday besie-ged Gweru Central Police Station demanding to beat up three women suspected of sexually abusing men.
Police also said many complainants had visited the police station, but could not divulge the numbers.
The three youthful suspects – all aged 24 – were arrested last Sunday after their vehicle was involved in an accident along Lower Gweru Road.
Police say they recovered 31 used condoms – four of them with semen – from the vehicle, a Chevrolet, that was being driven by a boyfriend of one of the suspe- cts.
The three women, whose identities are being withheld as investigations continue and the driver, were arrested.
Gandiya defies Supreme Court
Lovemore Chikova Deputy News Editor
THE Anglican Church’s Bishop for Ha-rare Chad Gandiya has defied a Sup-reme Court directive to stop seeking political intervention in a long-drawn wrangle over ownership of the church’s properties.
Bishop Gandiya and other bishops affiliated to the Church of the Province of Central Africa, on Monday sought President Mugabe’s intervention in the matter.
This was despite a warning by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku that such moves were tantamount to asking the executive to interfere with judicial processes.
Chief Justice Chidyausiku instructed the Registrar of the Supreme Court to write to the parties warning them agai-nst seeking political interference in the matter.
Sino-Russia ties strengthen
BEIJING/MOSCOW. – Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged yesterday to make
BlackBerry services hit for second day
LONDON. – BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a
Cholera epidemic spreads in West, Central Africa
GENEVA. – A cholera epidemic sweeping through West and Central Africa, one of the biggest in the vast region’s history, has
Scores arrested at Occupy Boston protest
BOSTON. – Scores of Occupy Boston protesters, an extension of the New York-based Occupy Wall Street group were arrested
Man slapped with 560 hours community service for incest
Beitbridge Bureau
A 23-year-old Beitbridge man was yesterday slapped with 560 hours of community service for having an incestuous affair with his