Death penalty divides Upper House

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
The provision in the draft constitution allowing the death penalty has thrown Senators into a quandary on how they should deal with a motion moved in the Upper House condemning capital

Cabinet to decide on inmates on death row

Felex Share Herald Reporter
Cabinet will decide on the fate of 74 male inmates who are languishing in prison awaiting execution, Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa said. In an interview, Minister Chinamasa said if the

Zanu-PF will not impose candidates: Shamu

Herald Reporter
Zanu-PF will not allow imposition of candidates in harmonised elections expected this year, the party’s national political commissar Cde Webster Shamu has said. Cde Shamu said this yesterday

Mashwede diesel workers acquitted

Court Reporter
TWO Mashwede Diesel workers, who were accused of bribing Zanu-PF Harare provincial youth chairperson Cde Jim Kunaka, were acquitted on Monday after a Harare magistrate ruled the State had failed to

Man strikes 5 family members with machete

Freeman Razemba
A Gutu man allegedly struck and seriously injured five family members with a machete at the height of a dispute with his younger brother, whom he accused of dating his wife. Ephias Chikumbo was yesterday

Living positively without ARVs

Catherine Murombedzi HIV Walk
SOME people have lived with HIV for many years without the need for anti-retroviral treatment. ARVs are necessary when one’s health deteriorates. When one has their health monitored it may not be

Rhino horns vanish at court

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
Police have launched investigations into a case in which four rhinoceros horns worth $250 000 kept as exhibits disappeared at the Beitbridge magistrates courts. Police officer commanding Beitbridge district

Couple up for murder

Tendai Rupapa Court Reporter
A Selous couple allegedly connived and forced their employer’s younger brother to drink poison before concealing his body under a bed. The couple had allegedly severely assaulted him before he

Asiagate: Ex-Zifa FM denies funding Asia trips

Court Reporter
Former Zifa finance manager Swati Munyaradzi yesterday told the court that he never funded the unsanctioned trips to Asia and knew nothing about the source of funds for the national team trips to the

2 000 criminal suspects on streets

Tendai Rupapa Court Reporter
At least 2000 criminal suspects are roaming the streets scot free as their appeals could not be dealt with timeously due to shortage of transcribers and poor recording equipment, a development that is

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