Couple finds US$13 000 in garbage, hands it in to police

AN astonished couple could not believe their eyes when they found US$13 000 stuffed in a bag left on top of a garbage can.

Making a negative impression?

A wedding ring may represent everlasting love, but as many a philandering spouse knows, it can be slipped off and out of sight all too easily.
Now one company has created a ring that ‘brands’ the finger of those inclined to cheat.

Chihuri calls for stiffer penalties on kombi drivers flouting regulations

Crime Reporter
POLICE Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri says the force will continue lobbying for stiffer penalties for kombi drivers who violate traffic regulations.
He expressed concern over the rate at which accidents were claiming lives.

Air Force invites war vets to shooting meet

John Manzongo
Herald Reporter

The Air Force of Zimbabwe has started inviting war veterans, mostly from rural areas, to register for its shooting competitions.
Command Sports Officer Group Captain Freeborn Chimedza said war veterans played a crucial role in the liberation of Zimbabwe, yet they did not have access to sporting facilities.

‘He sleeps with machete under the bed’

Fungai Lupande
Court Report

A HARARE man allegedly in the habit of taking pornographic pictures and videos of his wife was yesterday brought to court by the wife who sought a protection order.
Gemma May Barrat also told the Civil Court that her husband Grantley Stuart Barrat always threatens to shoot her.

Tense EU summit opens with show of unity

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders gathered yesterday for a two-day summit crucial to the future of the euro, playing down divisions as the sovereign debt crisis threatens to engulf even the bloc’s top economies.

Ships conduct regular patrols on South China Sea

BEIJING — A patrol team consisting of four China Marine Surveillance (CMS) ships on Tuesday sailed from south China’s coastal city of Sanya to the South China Sea to conduct regular patrols.

Nepotism triggers clashes

LUSAKA — Scores of youths who were left out in an army recruitment programme fought running battles with the police when they protested against alleged nepotism as the southern African nation battles high unemployment levels, the Times of Zambia reported yesterday.

Journalist jailed six months with hard labour

BANJUL — A Gambian court yesterday fined a newspaper editor US$3 100 or six months in jail with hard labour for contempt of court.

Dancing with the enemy

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Dancing with the enemy at the expense of your fellow Blackman will always backfire. Africans should be like iron which sharpens iron. A betrayal of Zimbabwe by any revolutionary party in Sadc is the same as an idiot whom sitting on a branch (high up a tree) cuts the very branch he is sitting on. The moment the branch falls the very moment the imbecile will also fall.

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