adminReport: UN document links Britons to piracy
London — The Times of London says a secret section of a United Nations report has linked British citizens with Somali piracy. The newspaper says that a 2012 report drawn up by the UN’s Monitoring
Clashes in Egypt’s Port Said kill 31
CAIRO — As many as 31 people were killed and 322 others injured in clashes in Egypt’s Port Said over a football riot verdict that sentenced 21 people to death, according to the figure reported yesterday.
Pay up or else, Govt orders medical aid societies
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
MEDICAL aid societies that have arrears with doctors and hospitals of more than 60 days have been given a two-month ultimatum to pay up or have their licences revoked, Health and Child Welfare Deputy
AU snubs Zim civil society
Farai Dzirutwe in ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
The African Union has ignored calls for the inclusion of Zimbabwe on the summit agenda.
Sadc leaders also met yesterday on the sidelines of the summit but chose to discuss the volatile
Man nabbed for smuggling 11 people into SA
Beitbridge BureauA TWENTY-YEAR-OLD man was last week jailed for 18 months after he was intercepted by police at Beitbridge Border Post while attempting to smuggle 11 illegal immigrants into South Africa.
Teen to receive 3 strokes for rape
Court ReporterA Chitungwiza teenager will receive three strokes of caning for raping his nine-year-old niece.
The 14-year-old boy denied a rape charge when he appeared before Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms
Electric cable thieves jailed for 10 years
Senior Court ReporterSIX men who were caught stealing Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) cables were yesterday jailed for an effective 10 years. Nimrod Nhundu, (34), Jonathan Mbiriyenyika (27),
Labour Court registry under fire
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
THE Labour Court registry has come under fire for allegedly bungling when it misled the court into erroneously rescinding a judgment ordering Masvingo City Council to pay its workers arrear salaries to
Matonga sues Seedco for US$300 000
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
MHONDORO-Ngezi legislator Cde Bright Matonga is suing Seedco Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited for over US$300 000 after the company allegedly breached a farming contract entered during the 2010-2011
Teenager kills for opaque beer
Crime Reporter
A 17 year old boy has been arrested on allegations of fatally assaulting a man in Marlborough on Sunday night following an altercation over two litres of opaque beer. The incident occurred at St Jerera