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THE family of a Zimbabwean woman stepped in to stop her wedding moments before she exchanged vows after finding out her groom is an ex-con.Macheso’s dancer remanded in custody
Court ReporterAlick Macheso’s dancer, Peter Kagomera (24) yesterday appeared before a Chitungwiza magistrate for allegedly biting a police officer who wanted to arrest him for being drunk, violent and disorderly.
Drunk thief falls asleep at crime scene
ONE of the most hapless robberies in a while ended in failure because the thief drunk a bottle of vodka he came across and fell asleep, Moscow region investigators said yesterday.Retired Colonel Chakanetsa to be buried today
Herald CorrespondentA funeral parade for Retired Colonel Clever Stanford Chanetsa who died on Thursday last week was held yesterday at the One Commando Regiment Barracks.
He was 56.
Taxi driver-turned-armed-robber slapped with 13-year jail term
Court ReporterA TAXI driver who was arrested after firing two warning shots while trying to rob an airtime dealer in broad day light has been jailed 13 years effective.
Court acquits Vingirai
Innocent RuwendeSenior Court Reporter
FORMER Intermarket Holdings Limited chief executive Nicholas Vingirai who was facing 11 counts of theft and two of externalisation involving US$300 000, R1 500 000 and Z$5 216 727 was freed yesterday.
Islamists destroy entrance to ancient Timbuktu mosque
BAMAKO — Mali’s Islamist rebels smashed the entrance of a 15th century Timbuktu mosque yesterday, escalating a campaign of destruction of the city’s cultural treasures despite threats of prosecution for war crimes.