MOB: Gogwe gets closer

Entertainment Reporter
Harare contestant Godwin Gogwe (23) is one step closer to winning the grand prize of US$25 000 in the My Own Boss — Buy Zimbabwe edition entrepreneurship television reality show after leading his team, the Alkandros, in a successful motoring industry task. Commenting on the task

I’m still special: Nyamhute

Problem Masau Arts Correspondent
Self-proclaimed pop star Calisto “The Bullet” Nyamhute says he is still around despite his long absence from the entertainment scene. The musician, who has been quiet for three years, recently released his 10th album entitled “Oil Oil”. “Each time a presenter plays my music on radio, they say we

President’s poll extension bid gets nod

Senior Court Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe’s application for by-elections in all vacant seats in the House of Assembly, senate and local authorities countrywide to be held in March next year has been granted. High Court Judge President George Chiweshe yesterday granted the application by the President to extend the

Man kills wife’s alleged lover, court told

Court Reporter
A 24-year-old Beatrice man reportedly killed his wife’s alleged boyfriend last week after he caught them seated in his kitchen. Albert Nhevera of Plot 3 under Chief Nyandoro in Beatrice alleged that he once caught the pair being intimate. Nhevera was on Monday not asked to plead to a murder charge

Female rapists resurface, police hunt gang

Herald Reporter
POLICE in Harare have launched a hunt for a four-member gang believed to have kidnapped and raped a male passenger they had offered a lift from the city centre last week. The man was heading for the Avondale area. The quartet comprised two men and two women who are believed to be in

Murder witness accuses police

Senior Court Reporter
A Harare man, who was called to testify for the State in the murder trial of 29 MDC-T activists, yesterday turned into a defence witness as he accused police of detaining some of the suspects as bait to arrest the targeted culprits. Mr Stephen Manjoro, brother to one of the suspects Cynthia Manjoro,

Passport fees unchanged

Felex Share Herald Reporter
The price of passports remains unchanged despite the Registrar General’s Office launching a website for applicants to download application forms, Register General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede said yesterday. Mr Mudede said 28 718 people visited the website since Thursday last week when it was launched

Demolitions condemned

Herald Reporters
Zanu-PF provincial chairman for Harare Cde Amos Midzi has attacked Sunway City (PVT) Ltd for destroying houses while hiding behind legalities.
Addressing hundreds of the affected families yesterday, Cde Midzi accused the property developers of destroying the houses at the on-set of the

Raid nets 80 illegal businesses

Municipal Reporter
EIGHTY businesses operating without licences in the Harare Central Business District were on Monday ordered to close following a blitz to close shops and businesses operating without licences. City licensing inspectors visited a total of 226 businesses on Monday in downtown Harare and 80 were

Mau Mau legal victory key in unearthing past atrocities

Farirai Machivenyika
A group of Kenyan war veterans has been fighting since 2009 to be compensated by the British government for the atrocities committed by the settler regime during the East African country’s struggle for independence. The group of Kenyan Mau Mau fighters were detained and allegedly

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