4 Chinese deported
four Chinese nationals who were arrested in Bikita for killing over 40 tortoises have been deported after paying US$300 fine each for working in Zimbabwe without permits. Zhang Hong Yuan, Chen Caijan, Lin Guibin and Shi Jiahua were arrested for breaching the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and workingPoliceman faces kidnap charges
Court ReporterONE of the five policemen accused of abducting a businessman over trumped up charges has appeared in court facing kidnapping charges. Shepherd Zuze (27) was not formally charged with kidnapping
Man gets 3 years for selling fake gold
A Guruve man will spend the next three years behind bars after he and three accomplices, two of who are still on the run, swindled a Harare man of US$1 700 by selling him fake gold. Magistrate Augustine Borerwe sentenced Forget Gwena of Kazingizi Village in Guruve, Mashonaland West province to threeSuspected female rapists DNA test results out today

Tendai Rupapa Court Reporter
DNA test results of the blood and semen samples recovered from the three women accused of raping men and that of their alleged victims will be announced in court today. Prosecutor, Mr Tapiwa Kasema,
Girl hooligan beats up three cops
In a karaoke trip gone seriously wrong, a young drunk woman beat up three Moscow policemen trying to detain her for “violations of public peace,” city police said.The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in a karaoke bar on the downtown Novy Arbat Street. The young woman, whose name wasGermany rejects demand to stop castrating sex offenders
Germany is rejecting demands from an EU body that it should stop surgically castrating sex criminals — a practice that dates back to the Nazis — because it is “degrading”. Defying Brussels, the German government said it intends to carry on with the practice citing low re-offending rates among sexMan (84) commits suicide over watermelons
Beitbridge BureauAN 84-year-old man here committed suicide at his Dendele homestead following the continued theft of watermelons from his field. Watermelons thrive in the arid district and have a ready market along the
Improve SPB’s operating rules to enhance efficiency
The State Procurement Board is one of those institutions that no one ever thinks about when it does its work properly but which gets hammered when it hits one of its occasional mistakes. From what Finance Minister Tendai Biti told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance andLand is a black and white issue
Khaya DlangaLand is a black and white issue, but it doesn’t have a black and white solution. Then we have land issue denialism by the likes of Pieter Mulder, leader of the Freedom Front Plus, who wants to deny
Tourism: Back from the future
Walter Mzembi, MPI have a passion, well beyond the call of duty, to see a renewed life and vitality in our national tourism. In this regard I am very motivated by what I see as great potential and opportunities to


