adminPolygamous man rapes fifth wife’s niece
Chinhoyi Bureau
A POLYGAMOUS Banket man has been arrested for raping his fifth wife’s 16-year-old niece allegedly with the wife’s consent.
Cop convited of armed robbery
Court Reporter
A POLICE constable was yesterday convicted of armed robbery for stealing cash and valuables from five taxi drivers using his service pistol.
3 months jail for defrauding farmers
Herald Correspondent
A Hurungwe man who masqueraded as an agent for a soya contracting company and defrauded 79 farmers of cash after promising them inputs was recently jailed for an effective three months by a Karoi magistrate.
Police fight running battles with gold panners
From Freeman Razemba in KWEKWE
POLICE and illegal panners are engaged in furious running battles here following the invasion of Sherwood Farm by panners searching for alluvial gold.
The injured were admitted at Kwekwe General Hospital.
Central bank ordered to pay US$4,5m salary arrears
Court Reporter
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has been ordered to pay its 237 non-managerial workers US$4,5 million in salary arrears within three months.
Between 2009 and August last year, the arrears had risen to US$4585 185,05.
Police, vendors clash
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
POLICE and vendors fought running battles yesterday, forcing shops in the First Street Mall and along Nelson Mandela Avenue to close.
The stone-throwing vendors smashed windowpanes of a police post in the First Street Mall.
Six suspects were arrested in the wake of the violent clashes.
Some of the vendors are suspected to be MDC-T activists who sell pirated compact discs at the party’s Harvest House offices.
The clashes also sucked in vendors at OK Supermarket at the corner of First Street and Nelson Mandela Avenue.
Police had visited the area following the assault of a member of the force by vendors outside Harvest House on Monday.
Deputy police national spokesperson Chief Superintendent Oliver Ma-ndipaka said the policeman sustained minor injuries.
Rhino horn case takes new twist
Tendai Rupapa Court Reporter
THE rhino-horn poaching case that has sucked in Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Deputy Minister
Easihold contests parking deal’s termination
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
EASIHOLD South Africa has refused to accept Harare City Council’s notice to terminate the joint parking deal,
ZNSSA off to SA conference
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association leadership will leave for the Coalition of Supporters Union of Africa conference in Durban, South Africa, this weekend.
Manatsa sinks Mountaineers
Sports Reporter
A STRONG bowling performance from Lovemore Gumunyu-Manatsa and Kyle Jarvis helped Mashonaland Eagles romp to a seven-wicket victory over Mountaineers and a return to the top of the Logan Cup table yesterday.