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Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A MAN who shot his ex-girlfriend three times after she dumped him has been sentenced to death. Danis David Konson, 62, of Parklands in Bulawayo,…
Bulawayo City Council lifts water shedding
Temba Dube Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has lifted water shedding with immediate effect following significant inflows into the city’s six supply dams. According to statistics availed by the…
Bees kill man, 90, in toilet
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 90-YEAR-OLD villager in Mangwe District was stung to death by a swarm of bees while relieving himself in a toilet at his homestead, police confirmed.
Editorial Comment: Take flash flooding warning seriously
REPORTS that the country is at risk of possible flash flooding because of the incessant rains that have been pounding most parts of the country should be taken seriously by…
Zim needs genuine opposition
Bernard Bwoni A SOLIDLY empowered and economically liberated majority has been emerging at the same time as opposition politics in Zimbabwe has been relegated to bedroom buffoonery and diasporan duplicity.
Nama nominees expected tomorrow
Auxilia Katongomara Entertainment Reporter THE much awaited list of nominees for the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) is set to be released at a press conference to be held in…
Mandela’s estate worth an estimated R46m
JOHANNESBURG — The provisional assessment of former president Nelson Mandela’s estate was about R46m, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke said yesterday.
Ramphele backtracks on DA leadership role
MAMPHELA Ramphele, former partner of renowned anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko, decided yesterday not to run for the opposition Democratic Alliance in South Africa’s elections this year, only a week after…
Former Nigerian VP defects to opposition
ABUJA — Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has defected to Nigeria’s main opposition party, adding a heavyweight name to a group that poses an increasing threat to the ruling People’s…
Kenyan police battle stone-throwing mobs linked to radicalising mosque
STONE-THROWING Muslim men battled Kenyan security forces armed with tear gas and rubber bullets in the coastal city of Mombasa for a second day yesterday, after two protesters and a…