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A South African farmer is fielding phone calls from his sheep, after equipping them with cellphones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts, according to local press yesterday.Firefighters deliberately set homes ablaze
FIREFIGHTERS will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbour for one purpose: Saving lives.Eighteen abandoned townhouses on New York City’s Governors Island, formerly housing for members of the Coast Guard, have been turned into a setting for roaring fires in experiments aimed to develop new strategies firefighters can use to save lives.
Hurungwe man fatally assaults lover
From Noah Pito in HurungweA 34-year-old Hurungwe man appeared before a Karoi magistrate for allegedly fatally assaulting his 47-year –old girlfriend during a dispute over missing money.
Roderick Chabayanzara of Campfire homestead in the Chitindiva area under Chief Chundu, is in remand prison after magistrate Mrs Nyaradzo Ringisayi initially remanded him for murder a fortnight ago.
City riddled with corruption, mismanagement: councillors
Michael ChidemeHarare City Council is riddled with corruption, mismanagement and lack of leadership,
Robber jailed 8 years for stealing cop’s pistol
Herald ReporterA robber who stole a service pistol from a sleeping senior police officer has been jailed for eight years for unlawful entry.
Mangoma finally appears before Parly
Herald ReporterENERGY and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma and the Senate’s Thematic Committee on Peace and Security yesterday engaged in a heated debate over the minister’s failure to attend hearings.
Thief feigns madness
Court ReporterA NOTORIOUS armed robber who faked mental illness to evade trial was yesterday jailed 17 years for robbing two motorists at gunpoint.
Councillors barred
Municipal ReporterTHE MDC-T has barred its councillors in Harare from contesting in primary elections to choose parliamentary candidates in the next harmonised elections.
Give EMA more power
Herald ReporterLEGISLATORS yesterday recommended that the Environment Management Authority be given an option to impose a custodial sentence as part of deterrent measures on culprits that violate environment regulations.
20 years for rape
Herald ReporterA HARARE man was on Tuesday jailed for 20 years for raping his 10 year-old niece at knifepoint.