18 years for rape

Court Reporter
A Mufakose man who raped and impregnated his niece has been jailed for 18 years. The 42-year-old man who is married to the complainant’s aunt (her mother’s sister), raped the 17-year-old girl twice on

MDC chair accused of US$41 000 theft

Court Reporter
MDC chairman Joubert Mudzumwe who is accused of stealing US$41 000 from his employers, the Commercial Workers Union of Zimbabwe, has been re-arrested for violating his bail conditions.

AG’s office applies for State witness to testify in camera

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
THE Attorney General’s Office has applied for its last State witness

There is always someone to blame

Albert Nhamoyebonde

It has been within our culture that someone is to blame for any distress or supernatural adversity. But lately, it has been the political game in town to blame, especially the party in power, for any

Even women are racially discriminated at WB

Phyllis Muhammad

In 2009, an op-ed in Foreign Policy in Focus by Bea Edwards, Executive Director of GAP, noted ‘nothing has changed for the better. If anything, the situation has worsened.’ Like McNamara of 1978,

Scorpion stings passenger on flight

A scorpion stung a passenger on a flight from Costa Rica to Spain, which forced the sealing of the Iberia airlines Airbus 340 at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport, said aviation sources. The incident took

Whisky restores pensioner’s eyesight

A pensioner from Taranaki, New Zealand, who went blind after his vodka reacted with his diabetes medication, had his eyes saved by a bottle of whisky. 65-year-old Denis Duthie decided to have a few

Naked jogger wins High Court appeal

The right to go jogging in the nude has been upheld by the High Court in New Zealand. Andrew Lyall Pointon (47) was wearing only a pair of shoes when he was spotted by a woman while running at 8.30am

Villagers turn to mosquito worship

BOKARO (JHARKHAND): Tired of the civic authorities’ inability to counter the spread of dengue and malaria, residents of Jharkhand’s Bokaro District have taken to worshipping an idol of a mosquito, and

Stevie Wonder pulls out of concert for Israeli soldiers

NEW YORK — Stevie Wonder has decided not to perform at a concert raising money for Israeli soldiers and their families. The singer has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at Friends of the Israel Defence

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