adminEx-con son terrorises father, 90
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 90-YEAR-OLD Bulilima man collapsed because of fear and has been hospitalised for the past three weeks after his abusive son returned home from jail unexpectedly.…
‘Small fish arrested in plantation invasion’
Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI MASVINGO Provincial Magistrate Tinashe Lankton Ndokera says only “small fish” were caught following the occupation of sugarcane plantations in the lowveld. The magistrate said this while…
Gokwe man gets 30 years for raping daughter
Midlands Correspondent A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe South who deflowered his teenage stepdaughter and infected her with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) has been sentenced 30 years in prison. The…
Epileptic girl, 12, raped
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 25-YEAR-OLD self proclaimed prophet raped a 12-year-old epileptic girl from Empandeni area under the pretext of healing her. Thulani Moyo yesterday appeared before Plumtree magistrate,…
Gokwe man gets 30 years for raping daughter
Midlands Correspondent A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe South who deflowered his teenage stepdaughter and infected her with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) has been sentenced 30 years in prison. The…
Nurses fail exam
Midlands Bureau STUDENT nurses who sat for their final third year examinations in March at Gweru Provincial Hospital failed to make it with only seven out of a class 37…
Court rejects Banda’s bid to halt results publication
Blantyre — Malawi’s high court has thrown out President Joyce Banda’s application to block the release of election results, three days after the chaotic vote began. Banda’s People’s Party (PP)…
UN blacklists Nigeria’s Boko Haram
The UN Security Council committee on al-Qaeda sanctions has blacklisted Nigeria’s Boko Haram, a month after the armed group kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls. Nigeria, which until recently had been reluctant…
ICC gives Katanga 12-year sentence
The International Criminal Court has sentenced Germain Katanga, a rebel commander from the Democratic Republic of Congo, to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic militia group that carried…
UN chief, heads of state to attend Zuma’s inauguration
Pretoria – Foreign dignitaries attending President Jacob Zuma’s inauguration include heads of state and government, deputy heads, and former heads, the international relations department said yesterday. “International Relations and Co-operation…