adminMan gets 3 years for attempted murder
Court ReporterA Chitungwiza man who stabbed a fellow patron with a broken bottle on the neck in a beer-induced brawl has been jailed for three years. Innocent Mhondera (23) of St Mary’s had pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder when his trial began. Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms Sandra
Motorcade outrider killed in accident
Herald ReporterAN outrider in President Mugabe’s motorcade died in Harare yesterday morning when his bike crashed into a lorry at the corner of Borrowdale Road and Dundary Voi West Road. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the accident, adding that investigations were
Duo defrauds Seventh Day Adventist church of US$170 000
Court Reporter
TWO Harare men who connived to defraud the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Malawi of more than US$170 000 in a botched sugar beans supply deal have appeared in court. Alphius Chikazhe (34) and Martha Munotyaani (29) pleaded not guilty to fraud charges when they appeared before
Salvation Army sends audit team to Howard
Peter Matambanadzo Senior ReporterThe Salvation Army International Headquarters in London has sent a team of auditors to Howard Mission Hospital in Chiweshe to investigate allegations of fraud and mismanagement of funds. This follows the reassignment of the hospital’s chief medical officer, Dr Paul Thistle from the
Moyo, ANZ case referred to trial
Court ReporterThe case in which Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo is suing Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe over two articles published in the Daily News based on WikiLeaks reports has been referred to trial. Prof Moyo is claiming US$100 000 in damages for both articles. High Court judge
Biti lashes out at war vets
Herald Reporter
Finance Minister Tendai Biti yesterday described as “predatory behaviour” the
Hallucinations of a desperate loser
Reason Wafawarova
This writer received a very candid message from Senator Obert Gutu on Friday September 28. “I challenge you to respond to my article in the Daily News,” came the apt call from Sekuru Obert — am a son to Senator Gutu’s female line of the Madyirapazhe lineage.
The piece in question was titled “Let us strive to save Zimbabwe,” a superb choice of a topic for a man whose naked intention was to ameliorate the battered image of his MDC-T in general, as well as that of its leader Morgan Tsvangirai — a man who abuses the notion of private life to approach women with an open zip and a shut mind — abusing political power and public funds to ravage on poorly educated vulnerable single mothers, as well as preying on very young girls of lesser financial means.
Theatre of Dreams
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor
- DeMbare on course for record points tally
- Resurgent Bosso smell blood in lively hunt
THE explosive battle between Dynamos and Highlanders, the first head-to-head confrontation for the championship featuring the country’s two most successful
Mutopo wins sparkling MPV Chevrolet Orlando
Sports ReporterDAVID MUTOPO defied the odds by sinking a hole-in-one at the 44th annual Nomads Charity Day at Wingate last Sunday to win a 1.8 litre MPV Chevrolet Orlando worth US$37 000. The car was donated by Autoworld. The 13-handicap player struck at the 167-metre hole number six. Speaking at the prize-giving ceremony at
Killer boat crew arrested
HONG KONG. — The captains of a ferry and a pleasure boat that collided in Hong Kong, killing 38 people in the city’s worst maritime disaster in decades, were arrested yesterday with five other crew, officials said. More than 120 passengers and crew were on a Hong Kong Electric company vessel to watch a huge National Day